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
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 *

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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
Antineurotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiNF-kB	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic	4	Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antionychyotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiorchitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant	21	Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Antioxidant Synergist	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antioxidant?	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipancreatitic	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipapillomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian	9	Duke, 1992 *