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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALANINE | 3 | Leaf | 620.0 | 9984.0 | -0.61 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID | 15 | Leaf | 130.0 | 2093.0 | -0.90 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Leaf | 60.0 | 168.0 | -0.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARGININE | 14 | Leaf | 620.0 | 9984.0 | -0.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARSENIC | 2 | Leaf | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Leaf | 462.0 | 9302.0 | 0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Leaf | 13590.0 | 240000.0 | 2.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Leaf | 1300.0 | 20934.0 | -0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BARIUM | 0 | Leaf | 14.0 | 24.0 | -0.98 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Leaf | 9.6 | 241.0 | -0.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-LACTUCEROL | 0 | Latex Exudate | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORON | 4 | Leaf | 1.0 | 24.0 | -1.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CADMIUM | 3 | Leaf | 0.2 | 0.2 | -0.76 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Leaf | 462.0 | 10080.0 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAOUTCHOUC | 0 | Latex Exudate | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Leaf | 33500.0 | 539452.0 | -0.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Leaf | 0.3 | 0.5 | -0.61 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Leaf | 0.2 | 0.2 | -0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Leaf | 1.0 | 16.8 | -0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| FLavor | 6 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastrostimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionigenic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hematopoietic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hemostat | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Hepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatomagenic | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 5 | Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 210. |
| Hepatotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Histamine-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HIV-RT-Inhibitor | 1 | Nakane, H., Fukushima, M., and Ono*, K. Differential Inhibition Of Reverse Transcriptase And Various DNA Polymerases By Digallic Acid And Its Derivatives. Journal of Natural Products, 53(5): 1234-1240, 1990. |
| Hypercholesterolemic | 2 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| Hypertensive | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Hypnotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |