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
SELENIUM	60	Leaf	0.0	0.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Leaf	490.0	7890.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
SFA	0	Leaf	480.0	7729.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
SILVER	3	Leaf	0.2	0.2	-0.66	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Leaf	179.0	4560.0	0.16	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Leaf	20.0	322.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM	0	Shoot	140.0	240.0	-0.76	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR	14	Shoot	740.0	912.0	-0.68	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXASTEROL	2	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Leaf	0.7	14.0	1.19	Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE	4	Leaf	500.0	8051.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM	0	Leaf	1.0	1.2	-0.69	Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Leaf	50.0	805.0	-2.26	Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE	8	Leaf	400.0	6441.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
VALINE	3	Leaf	630.0	10145.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6	0	Leaf	0.2	3.2	-1.16	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Leaf	934000.0	943800.0	0.68	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Leaf	8.0	146.0	0.37	Duke, 1992 *
ZIRCONIUM	0	Leaf	4.0	4.8	-0.53	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 *