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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	8	Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.