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
FRUCTOSE	8	Root	45000.0	220000.0	2.00	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Root	not available	11000.0	-0.43	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
HARMAN	7	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Leaf	150.0	3468.0	-0.96	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HYPEROSIDE	30	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE	30	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE	30	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INOSITOL	8	Root	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
INULIN	19	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INULIN	19	Root	80000.0	850000.0	2.57	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Leaf	5.0	246.0	-0.30	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
IRON	6	Root	8.0	40.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	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)
ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID	4	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Leaf	540.0	12240.0	0.05	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
JACQUINELIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Seed	not available	20.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Nephrotoxic	1	Martindale's 29th
Neuroprotective	3	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotransmitter	1	Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic	2	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Nodulation-Signal	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Odontolytic	1	Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	6	Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Ovicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Oviposition-Stimulant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Oxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
P21-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer	1	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
P450-Inhibitor	1	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Paralytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Parasympathomimetic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.