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
LACTUCIN	6	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LACTUCIN	6	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LACTUCIN	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LACTUCIN	6	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LACTUCIN-P-OXYPHENYLACETICACID-ESTER	0	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.
LACTUCOPICRIN	4	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LACTUCOPICRIN	4	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LACTUCOPICRIN	4	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LACTUPICRIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LACTUPICRIN-METHYL-ESTER	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Leaf	390.0	8976.0	-1.16	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LEVULOSE	1	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Leaf	370.0	7548.0	-0.11	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Root	750.0	3750.0	0.23	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Leaf	350.0	7956.0	-1.12	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM	65	Leaf	130.0	2652.0	-0.57	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM	65	Root	220.0	1100.0	-0.78	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.