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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
LACTUCIN 6 Fruit Juice *
LACTUCIN 6 Latex Exudate *
LACTUCIN 6 Plant *
LACTUCIN 6 Root *
LACTUCIN-P-OXYPHENYLACETICACID-ESTER 0 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LACTUCOPICRIN 4 Fruit Juice *
LACTUCOPICRIN 4 Latex Exudate *
LACTUCOPICRIN 4 Root *
LACTUPICRIN 2 Plant *
LACTUPICRIN-METHYL-ESTER 0 Plant *
LEUCINE 2 Leaf 390.0 8976.0 -1.16 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LEVULOSE 1 Fruit Juice *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Leaf 370.0 7548.0 -0.11 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Root 750.0 3750.0 0.23 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed *
LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE 0 Leaf *
LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE 0 Plant *
LYSINE 4 Leaf 350.0 7956.0 -1.12 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 130.0 2652.0 -0.57 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 220.0 1100.0 -0.78 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antilithic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 5 *
Antilymphedemic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antilymphocytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic 1 *
Antimaculitic 3 *
Antimalarial 2 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimanic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic 2 *
Antimelanomic 4 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimenorrhagic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 7 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antimigraine 6 Martindale's 29th
Antimitotic 3 Pandeya, S.N. 1970. Biological Activity of Adamantyl Derivatives. The Indian Journal of Pharmacy, 33: 7.