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Plant Lactuca sativa (Asteraceae)

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
Antimenorrhagic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 4 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antimigraine 4 Martindale's 29th
Antimitotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimorphinic 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiMS 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimuscarinic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antimutagenic 10 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyalgic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimyelotoxic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antimyocarditic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antineoplastic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephrolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuralgic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.