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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
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Root 410.0 2050.0 -0.30 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Root 750.0 3750.0 1.92 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PECTIN 24 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PENTOSANE 0 Root 47000.0 65000.0 1.00 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PHENYLALANINE 7 Leaf 220.0 4896.0 -1.39 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 210.0 4284.0 -0.13 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Root 610.0 3050.0 -0.08 *
PONTICAEPOXIDE 3 Root *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 1820.0 37128.0 0.30 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
POTASSIUM 14 Root 2900.0 14500.0 -0.09 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 10000.0 246000.0 0.34 *
PROTEIN 0 Root 14000.0 86000.0 -0.36 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ALDEHYDE 2 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PUFA 4 Leaf 440.0 8030.0 -1.58 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PUFA 4 Root 870.0 4350.0 -0.32 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
QUERCETIN 176 Plant *
QUERCETIN 176 Seed 1.0 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE 2 Leaf *
QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE 2 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Sialogogue 1 Martindale's 29th
Soap 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Soporific 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Spermigenic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Sunscreen 10 *
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sweetener 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Teratologic 2 *
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tissue-Thromboplastin-Inhibitor 1 *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 3 *
Tonic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 5 Funayama, Y., Nishio, K., Kabayashi, K., Nagao, M., Shimoi, K., Ohira, T., Hasegawa, S., Saijo, N. 1996. Effects of Beta- and Gamma-carboline Derivatives on DNA Topoisomerase Activities. Mutat Research, 249: 183-191.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 4 Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225.
Toxic 2 *
Tranquilizer 3 *
Tremorigenic 2 *
Tremorogenic 1 *
Trichomonicide 1 Martindale's 29th