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.
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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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiprostaglandin	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatitic	6	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipruritic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipsychotic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antipyretic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiretardation	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinopathic	1	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
Antiretinotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic	6	Martindale's 29th
Antirheumatitic?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antirhinitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antischizophrenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiscoliotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic	1	Martindale's 29th