Plant Lactuca sativa (Asteraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Lettuce

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
MERCURY	1	Leaf	0.0	0.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Leaf	160.0	2667.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Leaf	0.1	2.0	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
MUFA	13	Leaf	120.0	2000.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXACOSYLALCOHOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Leaf	4.0	67.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Leaf	0.2	28.0	0.19	Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN	0	Leaf	2200.0	54000.0	0.51	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Leaf	90.0	1500.0	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Leaf	110.0	136.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Leaf	350.0	5833.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Leaf	30.0	500.0	0.12	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Leaf	2.0	33.0	-0.04	Duke, 1992 *
PECTINS	0	Leaf	not available	40000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Leaf	550.0	9167.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	108.0	13920.0	1.65	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Leaf	380.0	6333.0	1.34	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Leaf	2900.0	121800.0	4.04	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Leaf	480.0	8000.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	6	Shin*, K.H., Chung, M.S., Chae, Y.J., Yoon, K.Y., Cho, T.S. 1992. A survey for aldose reductase inhibition of herbal medicines. Fitoterapia 64(2): 130, 1993.
Allelochemic	1	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic	2	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *