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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
STEARIC-ACID 8 Plant *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Root 20.0 100.0 -0.64 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed *
SUCROSE 14 Root 140000.0 0.16 *
SUGARS 0 Root 585000.0 4.66 *
TANNIN 35 Plant *
TARAXASTEROL 2 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Plant *
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Shoot *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 1.0 14.0 1.19 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THIAMIN 31 Root 0.0 2.0 -0.42 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THREONINE 4 Leaf 250.0 5712.0 -1.37 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TITANIUM 0 Root *
TRANS-ZEATIN 0 Root *
TRIDECA-1,5-DIEN-7,9,11-TRIYNE-3,4-DIOL 0 Root *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Leaf 160.0 3672.0 0.68 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Flower Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Plant *
URIDINE-5'-DIPHOSPHOGLUCOSE 0 Root *
VALINE 3 Leaf 410.0 9180.0 -0.98 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Catabolic 2 *
Cerebrotonic 1 *
Chelator 1 *
Chemopreventive 6 *
Chemopreventive (Breast Cancer) 1 *
Chemopreventive (Colon Cancer) 1 *
Cholagogue 4 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 15 *
Cholesterolytic 1 *
Cholinergic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Circulotonic 1 *
Clastogenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 6 *
CNS-Stimulant 2 *
Co-carcinogenic 2 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing 3 *
Collagenic 2 *