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Common Names
Endive; Escarole
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CYSTINE | 2 | Leaf | 100.0 | 1610.0 | -1.10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Leaf | 2000.0 | 32200.0 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Leaf | 9000.0 | 144927.0 | -0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FOLACIN | 15 | Leaf | 1.2 | 25.0 | 1.61 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 8 | Leaf | 1660.0 | 26731.0 | -0.61 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCINE | 12 | Leaf | 580.0 | 9340.0 | -0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Leaf | 230.0 | 3704.0 | -0.84 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| INULIN | 19 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Leaf | 6.0 | 360.0 | -0.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Leaf | 720.0 | 11594.0 | -0.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL-GLYCOSIDES | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Leaf | 170.0 | 2737.0 | -0.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEAD | 0 | Leaf | 4.0 | 4.8 | -0.55 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Leaf | 980.0 | 15781.0 | -0.11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Leaf | 750.0 | 12077.0 | 0.66 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LITHIUM | 11 | Leaf | 0.8 | 1.0 | -0.51 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LYSINE | 4 | Leaf | 630.0 | 10145.0 | -0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Leaf | 95.0 | 2400.0 | -0.67 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiseptic | 4 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antishingles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antisickling | 2 | Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990. |
| Antisilicotic | 1 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Antispare-Tire | 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 |
| Antispasmodic | 6 | Phytotherapy Research, 4: 73. |
| Antispasmophilic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| AntiSpina-Bifida | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antistaphylococcic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistomatitic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antistreptococcic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistress | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antistroke | 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 |
| Antisunburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisyndrome-X | 6 | 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 |
| Antithiamin | 2 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69. |
| Antithrombic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithyroid | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antitinnitic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |