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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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 |