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Plant Cichorium endivia (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Endive; Escarole
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antitriglyceride 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitrypanosomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 5 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Bladder) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (brain) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 2 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antiulcer 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiuremic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.