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
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Root	175100.0	875500.0	0.58	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CATECHOL	22	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CATECHOL-TANNINS	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE	1	Root	not available	50000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CERYL-ALCOHOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHICORIC-ACID	10	Leaf	not available	1100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHICORIC-ACID	10	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	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.
CHRYSANTHEMIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CICHORALEXIN	0	Leaf	not available	146.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CICHORIC-ACID	14	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CICHORIIN	3	Flower	1000.0	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CICHORIIN	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CICHORIIN	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CICHORIIN	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CICHORIOLIDE-A	0	Root	not available	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Triglycerigenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tumor-Promoter	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Tumorigenic	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Uricogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Uricosuric	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Urine-Acidifier	1	Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterosedative	2	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Uterotrophic	2	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
UV-Screen	2	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Vasodilator	12	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vasoprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	6	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).