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
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 *

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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
Antivaginitic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antivertigo	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic	7	Merck 11th Edition
AP-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent	2	Duke, 1992 *
ATPase-Inhibitor	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bacteristat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bifidogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardiac	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist	3	Duke, 1992 *