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
Antiasthmatic	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiasthmatic?	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatheromic	1	Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	23	Duke, 1992 *
Antiberiberi	2	Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchoconstrictor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibrucellosic	1	Gawron, A., Gorski, G., Glowniak*, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990.
Anticalculic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	7	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	1	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Colon)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Kidney)	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Anticancer (Liver)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Prostate)	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.