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

Common Names

Chicory; Witloof; Succory

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Root	410.0	2050.0	-0.30	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Root	750.0	3750.0	1.92	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PECTIN	24	Root	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PENTOSANE	0	Root	47000.0	65000.0	1.00	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PHENYLALANINE	7	Leaf	220.0	4896.0	-1.39	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	210.0	4284.0	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Root	610.0	3050.0	-0.08	Duke, 1992 *
PONTICAEPOXIDE	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Leaf	1820.0	37128.0	0.30	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
POTASSIUM	14	Root	2900.0	14500.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	10000.0	246000.0	0.34	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Root	14000.0	86000.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ALDEHYDE	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PUFA	4	Leaf	440.0	8030.0	-1.58	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PUFA	4	Root	870.0	4350.0	-0.32	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
QUERCETIN	176	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Seed	not available	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiimpotence	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory	31	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinsomniac	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiischemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiketotic	2	Merck 11th Edition
AntiLegionella	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric	2	Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotrienogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	2	Duke, 1992 *