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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
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 3 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oxidant 2 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
P450-Inducer 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
P450-Inhibitor 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
Parasiticide 1 Martindale's 29th
Percutaneostimulant 2 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 3 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide 11 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 *
Phagocytotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 *
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 *
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 *
Prebiotic 1 *
Probiotic 1 *
Probiotigenic 1 *
Prolactinogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).