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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antihepatotic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic	12	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic	12	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihiccup	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic	12	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	8	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV-Integrase	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocysteine	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocystinuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihydrophobic	1	Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihypercholesterolemic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperkeratotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypertensive	11	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichythyotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiimplantation	1	Duke, 1992 *