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

Common Names
Chicory; Witloof; Succory
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
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Leaf 0.5 -1.18 *
VITAMIN-A 0 Leaf *
VITAMIN-B-1 24 Root 0.1 *
VITAMIN-B-2 0 Root 0.7 *
WATER 0 Leaf 931000.0 951000.0 0.72 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
WATER 0 Root 240000.0 800000.0 0.20 *
ZINC 77 Root *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Analgesic 19 *
Androgenic 1 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 2 *
Anesthetic 2 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 *
Anthelmintic 3 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Antiacne 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrocyanotic 1 *
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 *
AntiADD 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadhesive 1 *
Antiadrenergic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiaflatoxin 4 *
AntiAGE 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 13 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antiaging 8 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th