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
ALANINE	3	Leaf	560.0	9333.0	-0.76	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LACTUCEROL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Leaf	1130.0	18833.0	2.15	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Fruit	6.0	139.0	1.02	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Leaf	3.0	126.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Leaf	710.0	11833.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Leaf	0.0	0.6	2.33	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	180.0	3000.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	7700.0	290000.0	3.02	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Leaf	1420.0	23667.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM	0	Leaf	0.1	145.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	11.0	190.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-LACTUCEROL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Leaf	0.9	87.0	0.70	Duke, 1992 *
BROMINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM	3	Leaf	0.0	4.0	0.69	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	360.0	19140.0	0.05	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAOUTCHOUC	0	Latex Exudate	400.0	1400.0	-1.17	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
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilupus	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphocytic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic	2	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antimaculitic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial	1	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimanic	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastalgic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's	1	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.