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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Cichorium endivia (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Endive; Escarole
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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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 *
FAT 0 Leaf 2000.0 32200.0 -0.48 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 9000.0 144927.0 -0.21 *
FOLACIN 15 Leaf 1.2 25.0 1.61 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Leaf 1660.0 26731.0 -0.61 *
GLYCINE 12 Leaf 580.0 9340.0 -0.29 *
HISTIDINE 7 Leaf 230.0 3704.0 -0.84 *
HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
INULIN 19 Root *
IRON 6 Leaf 6.0 360.0 -0.01 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Leaf 720.0 11594.0 -0.12 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
KAEMPFEROL-GLYCOSIDES 0 Plant *
KILOCALORIES 0 Leaf 170.0 2737.0 -0.45 *
LEAD 0 Leaf 4.0 4.8 -0.55 *
LEUCINE 2 Leaf 980.0 15781.0 -0.11 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Leaf 750.0 12077.0 0.66 *
LITHIUM 11 Leaf 0.8 1.0 -0.51 *
LYSINE 4 Leaf 630.0 10145.0 -0.62 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 95.0 2400.0 -0.67 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic 12 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 7 *
Hypolipidemic 1 *
Hypotensive 9 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Hypouricemic 1 *
Immunomodulator 7 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 8 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Immunosuppressant 1 Martindale's 29th
iNOS-Inhibitor 1 *
Inotropic 1 *
Insectifuge 5 Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994.
Insulin-Sparing 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic 4 *
Insulinotonic 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Irritant 2 Merck 11th Edition