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