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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
SELENIUM 60 Leaf 0.0 0.0 -0.38 *
SERINE 1 Leaf 490.0 7890.0 -0.65 *
SFA 0 Leaf 480.0 7729.0 -0.30 *
SILVER 3 Leaf 0.2 0.2 -0.66 *
SODIUM 1 Leaf 179.0 4560.0 0.16 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Leaf 20.0 322.0 -0.41 *
STRONTIUM 0 Shoot 140.0 240.0 -0.76 *
SULFUR 14 Shoot 740.0 912.0 -0.68 *
TARAXASTEROL 2 Latex Exudate *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 0.7 14.0 1.19 *
THREONINE 4 Leaf 500.0 8051.0 -0.58 *
TITANIUM 0 Leaf 1.0 1.2 -0.69 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Leaf 50.0 805.0 -2.26 *
TYROSINE 8 Leaf 400.0 6441.0 -0.44 *
VALINE 3 Leaf 630.0 10145.0 -0.71 *
VIT-B-6 0 Leaf 0.2 3.2 -1.16 *
WATER 0 Leaf 934000.0 943800.0 0.68 *
ZINC 77 Leaf 8.0 146.0 0.37 *
ZIRCONIUM 0 Leaf 4.0 4.8 -0.53 *
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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