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
MALIC-ACID	15	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANNAN	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.
MANNITOL	18	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANNOSE	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
METHIONINE	15	Leaf	50.0	1224.0	-1.55	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MONOCAFFEOYLTARTARIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	1800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MUFA	13	Leaf	20.0	365.0	-0.69	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MUFA	13	Root	40.0	200.0	-0.88	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Leaf	10.0	204.0	-0.60	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Root	30.0	150.0	-0.54	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID	2	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Leaf	5.0	102.0	0.05	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NIACIN	39	Root	4.0	20.0	-0.88	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NORHARMAN	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Leaf	20.0	408.0	-0.62	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OLEIC-ACID	18	Root	40.0	200.0	-0.63	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID	13	Leaf	not available	11.0	-0.77	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Leaf	210.0	4284.0	-0.31	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
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).