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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CICHORIOSIDE-B 0 Plant *
CICHORIOSIDE-B 0 Root 6.0 *
CICHORIOSIDE-C 0 Root 8.0 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Plant *
COPPER 12 Root *
COUMARIN 57 Plant *
CREPIDIASIDE-B 0 Plant *
CREPIDIASIDE-B 0 Root 100.0 *
CYANAROSIDE 0 Shoot *
DELPHINIDIN-3-(6''-MALONYLGLUCOSIDE)-5-MALONYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Inflorescence *
DICAFFEOYL-TARTARIC-ACID 0 Plant Gruenwald, J. et al. 1998. PDR for Herbal Medicine. 1st ed. Medical Economics Co., Montvale, NJ. 1244 pp. (abbreviated as PHR or Physicians Herbal Reference in my mind)
DICAFFEOYL-TARTARIC-ACID 0 Shoot *
ESCULETIN 30 Flower Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
ESCULIN 29 Flower Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
FAT 0 Leaf 1000.0 29000.0 -0.55 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FAT 0 Root 2000.0 16000.0 -0.23 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Leaf 0.5 -1.08 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Plant *
FIBER 15 Plant 9000.0 153000.0 -0.52 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FIBER 15 Root 19500.0 97500.0 0.21 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 1 Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Microvasculokinetic 2 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 *
Monoamine-Precursor 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mosquitocide 1 *
Mucogenic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Musculotropic 4 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Mutagenic 4 *
Mycobactericide 2 *
Myoprotective 1 *
Myorelaxant 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 *
Narcotic 1 *
Natriuretic 1 *
Nematicide 3 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neoplastic 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NEP-Inhibitor 1 *