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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
MALIC-ACID 15 Plant *
MANNAN 0 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MANNITOL 18 Plant *
MANNOSE 3 Root Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
METHIONINE 15 Leaf 50.0 1224.0 -1.55 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MONOCAFFEOYLTARTARIC-ACID 0 Leaf 1800.0 *
MUFA 13 Leaf 20.0 365.0 -0.69 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MUFA 13 Root 40.0 200.0 -0.88 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Leaf 10.0 204.0 -0.60 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Root 30.0 150.0 -0.54 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID 2 Root *
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID 2 Shoot *
NIACIN 39 Leaf 5.0 102.0 0.05 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NIACIN 39 Root 4.0 20.0 -0.88 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NORHARMAN 2 Root *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Leaf 20.0 408.0 -0.62 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OLEIC-ACID 18 Root 40.0 200.0 -0.63 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Leaf 11.0 -0.77 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Leaf 210.0 4284.0 -0.31 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Immunomodulator 6 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 13 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Immunosuppressant 4 *
iNOS-Inhibitor 3 *
Inotropic 3 *
Insecticide 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectifuge 10 Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994.
Insectiphile 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Insulinotonic 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 1 *
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 4 Merck 11th Edition
JNK-Inhibitor 1 *
Juvabional 4 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Larvicide 1 *
Larvistat 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.