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Plant Lactuca sativa (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Lettuce
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 35000.0 583333.0 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
CERYL-ALCOHOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLORINE 7 Leaf not available 395.0 -0.60 Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Leaf 0.0 20.0 1.06 Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Leaf not available 500.0 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Leaf 0.0 0.9 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Leaf 0.4 29.0 0.04 Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Leaf 160.0 2667.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-5-AVENASTEROL 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-7-AVENASTEROL 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ERGOSTEROL 5 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Leaf 3000.0 50000.0 -0.13 Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 7000.0 116667.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
FLUORINE 0 Leaf 0.0 8.0 1.34 Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN 15 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLIUM 0 Stem 0.2 7.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Leaf 1820.0 30333.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Leaf 570.0 9500.0 -0.24 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 2 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Anthelmintic 1 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Antiacid 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 7 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadrenalinic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaflatoxin 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 8 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antiaging 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 4 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic 8 Duke, 1992 *