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.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
CICHORIOSIDE-B	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CICHORIOSIDE-B	0	Root	not available	6.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CICHORIOSIDE-C	0	Root	not available	8.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID	23	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COUMARIN	57	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CREPIDIASIDE-B	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CREPIDIASIDE-B	0	Root	not available	100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANAROSIDE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN-3-(6''-MALONYLGLUCOSIDE)-5-MALONYLGLUCOSIDE	0	Inflorescence	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DICAFFEOYL-TARTARIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Gruenwald, J. et al. 1998. PDR for Herbal Medicine. 1st ed. Medical Economics Co., Montvale, NJ. 1244 pp. (abbreviated as PHR or Physicians Herbal Reference in my mind)
DICAFFEOYL-TARTARIC-ACID	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ESCULETIN	30	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.
ESCULIN	29	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.
FAT	0	Leaf	1000.0	29000.0	-0.55	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FAT	0	Root	2000.0	16000.0	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Leaf	not available	0.5	-1.08	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Plant	9000.0	153000.0	-0.52	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FIBER	15	Root	19500.0	97500.0	0.21	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antielastase	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic	6	Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antienteritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antierythemic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiesherichic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiestrogenic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antifatigue	7	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant	8	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility	1	Kumar, P., Dixit*, V.P., and Khanna, P. Antifertility Studies of Kaempferol: Isolation and Identification from Tissue Culture of some Medicinally Important Plant Species. Plantes medicinales et phytotherapie, 23: 193-201, 1989.
Antifibrinolytic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrosarcomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	6	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.