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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Cichorium endivia (Asteraceae)

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
SELENIUM 60 Leaf 0.0 0.0 -0.38 *
SERINE 1 Leaf 490.0 7890.0 -0.65 *
SFA 0 Leaf 480.0 7729.0 -0.30 *
SILVER 3 Leaf 0.2 0.2 -0.66 *
SODIUM 1 Leaf 179.0 4560.0 0.16 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Leaf 20.0 322.0 -0.41 *
STRONTIUM 0 Shoot 140.0 240.0 -0.76 *
SULFUR 14 Shoot 740.0 912.0 -0.68 *
TARAXASTEROL 2 Latex Exudate *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 0.7 14.0 1.19 *
THREONINE 4 Leaf 500.0 8051.0 -0.58 *
TITANIUM 0 Leaf 1.0 1.2 -0.69 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Leaf 50.0 805.0 -2.26 *
TYROSINE 8 Leaf 400.0 6441.0 -0.44 *
VALINE 3 Leaf 630.0 10145.0 -0.71 *
VIT-B-6 0 Leaf 0.2 3.2 -1.16 *
WATER 0 Leaf 934000.0 943800.0 0.68 *
ZINC 77 Leaf 8.0 146.0 0.37 *
ZIRCONIUM 0 Leaf 4.0 4.8 -0.53 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *
Antistomatitic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistreptococcic 1 *
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 *
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 *
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.