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
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.