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
ALUMINUM	5	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN	101	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-7-O-ALPHA-L-ARABINOSIDE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Leaf	660.0	14892.0	-0.30	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	100.0	2040.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Root	50.0	250.0	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	6000.0	180000.0	1.08	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASH	0	Root	8900.0	44500.0	-0.66	Duke, 1992 *
ASTRAGALIN	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASTRAGALIN	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	0.0	228.0	-0.15	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BETA-LACTUCEROL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE	14	Root	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
BORON	4	Root	not available	20.0	-0.15	Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron).
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Leaf	not available	767.0	-0.61	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	790.0	19900.0	0.10	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Root	410.0	2050.0	-0.59	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Leaf	32000.0	654000.0	0.34	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Laxative	7	Duke, 1992 *
Laxative?	2	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Leptingenic	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Leukotriene-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipotropic	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	11	Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic	2	Martindale's 29th
Lubricant	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lymphocytogenic	2	Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Lymphokinetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
MAPK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memorigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memory-Enhancer	1	Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metal-Chelator	3	McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.