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
(11S)-11,13-DIHYDROLACTUCIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(11S)-11,13-DIHYDROLACTUCOPICRIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
11(S),13-DIHYDRO-8-DEOXYLACTUCIN	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
11(S),13-DIHYDROLACTUCIN	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
11(S),13-DIHYDROLACTUCOPICRIN	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-GLUCURONIDE-ISORHAMNETIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-GLUCURONIDE-ISORHAMNETIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-O-FERULOYL-QUINIC-ACID	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-O-P-COUMAROYL-QUINIC-ACID	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-DEOXYLACTUCIN	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-DEOXYLACTUCIN	5	Root	not available	17.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOPHENONE	6	Root	not available	not available	not available	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
AESCULETIN	32	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AESCULETIN	32	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AESCULIN	33	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AESCULIN	33	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LACTUCEROL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Leaf	60.0	1224.0	-1.06	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Root	130.0	650.0	-0.32	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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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
Fibrinolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Flatugenic	2	Martindale's 29th
FLavor	8	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide	14	Tomas-Barberan, F., Iniesta-Sanmartin, E., Tomas-Lorente, F., and Rumbero, A. 1989. Antimicrobial Phenolic Compounds From Three Spanish Helichrysum Species. Phytochemistry. 29(4): 1093-1095. 1990.
Fungistat	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Gastroprotective	3	Duke, 1992 *
Gastrostimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionigenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Hemolytic	1	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemopoietic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hemorrhagic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hemostat	6	Martindale's 29th
Hepatocarcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatomagenic	2	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective	18	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotropic	2	Duke, 1992 *