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
QUERCITRIN	44	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Leaf	1.0	29.0	-0.04	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Root	0.0	2.0	-0.45	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
RUBBER	0	Root	not available	420.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Leaf	not available	14000.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Seed	not available	6400.0	0.08	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES	7	Leaf	10.0	100.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN	44	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
SCOPOLETIN	44	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SFA	0	Leaf	240.0	4380.0	-0.46	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SFA	0	Root	480.0	2400.0	-0.21	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SILICA	0	Leaf	not available	27800.0	0.94	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SILVER	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SINAPIC-ACID	9	Plant	not available	0.5	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Leaf	70.0	1428.0	-0.39	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SODIUM	1	Root	500.0	2500.0	0.65	Duke, 1992 *
SONCHUSIDE-A	0	Root	not available	7.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SONCHUSIDE-C	0	Root	not available	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Leaf	10.0	204.0	-0.49	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Prolactinogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Proliferant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Propecic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	4	Hung, H.C., Lai, M.W., Wang, H.R., Chung, Y.L., Hsieh, L.M., Chen, C.C. 1993. Antiproliferative Effect of Esculetin on Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells: Possible Roles of Signal Transduction Pathways. Eur J Pharmacol, 237(1): 39-44.
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	2	Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide	2	Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A., Cedillo-Rivera, R. 1999. Antiprotozoal Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytotherapy Research, 13(2): 102-105.
Psychotropic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
PTK-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	4	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.
Radioprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Refrigerant	1	Martindale's 28th
Respirodepressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Rodenticide	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Schizophrenigenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Secretogogue	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Sedative	7	Duke, 1992 *
Sequestrant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Serotoninergic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).