Plant Cichorium endivia (Asteraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Endive; Escarole

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
MANGANESE	14	Leaf	4.0	72.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY	1	Leaf	0.0	0.0	-1.06	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Leaf	140.0	2254.0	-0.69	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Leaf	1.4	1.7	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
MUFA	13	Leaf	40.0	644.0	-0.67	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Leaf	30.0	483.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Leaf	4.0	64.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Leaf	2.0	2.4	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Leaf	40.0	644.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Leaf	410.0	6602.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Leaf	9.0	145.0	3.28	Duke, 1992 *
PHENOLICS	0	Leaf	not available	32000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Leaf	530.0	8535.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	242.0	5760.0	0.15	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Leaf	2915.0	96000.0	2.90	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Leaf	590.0	9500.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	12000.0	209300.0	-0.03	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Leaf	870.0	14010.0	-0.76	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Leaf	0.7	13.0	-0.12	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiacid	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacne	7	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiadenoviral	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadrenalinic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaflatoxin	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE	2	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant	6	Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antiaging	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	4	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antialdosteronic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiamblyopic	1	Duke, 1992 *