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
STEARIC-ACID	8	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Root	20.0	100.0	-0.64	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	Root	not available	140000.0	0.16	Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS	0	Root	not available	585000.0	4.66	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXASTEROL	2	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.
TARTARIC-ACID	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARTARIC-ACID	6	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Leaf	1.0	14.0	1.19	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THIAMIN	31	Root	0.0	2.0	-0.42	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THREONINE	4	Leaf	250.0	5712.0	-1.37	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TITANIUM	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-ZEATIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIDECA-1,5-DIEN-7,9,11-TRIYNE-3,4-DIOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Leaf	160.0	3672.0	0.68	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
UMBELLIFERONE	22	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.
UMBELLIFERONE	22	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URIDINE-5'-DIPHOSPHOGLUCOSE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALINE	3	Leaf	410.0	9180.0	-0.98	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Anticlimacteric	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant	2	Merck 11th Edition
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th
Anticold	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticolitic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticomplementary	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	3	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticoronary	4	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's	3	Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCVI	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCVS	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticystinuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidecubitic	4	Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia	7	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant	8	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.