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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
GUM 0 Leaf not available 26000.0 -1.60 Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE 7 Leaf 220.0 3667.0 -0.86 Duke, 1992 *
HYOSCYAMINE 27 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Leaf 5.0 176.0 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Leaf 840.0 14000.0 0.50 Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LACTUCAXANTHIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LACTUCIN 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LACTUCOPICRIN 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LANTHANUM 0 Leaf 1.3 20.3 0.27 Duke, 1992 *
LEAD 0 Leaf 0.0 6.0 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Leaf 790.0 13167.0 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Leaf 470.0 7833.0 -0.06 Duke, 1992 *
LITHIUM 11 Leaf 0.1 2.6 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN 78 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Leaf 840.0 14000.0 0.26 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 110.0 8700.0 1.77 Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Leaf not available 600.0 -1.22 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Leaf 1.0 240.0 -0.06 Duke, 1992 *
MANNITOL 18 Plant not available not available not available 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
Antischizophrenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiscoliotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 10 Martindale's 28th
Antiserotonin 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisialogogue 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antisickling 2 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antisilicotic 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antispare-Tire 1 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
Antispasmodic 12 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 73.
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiSpina-Bifida 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistaphylococcic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antisteatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistreptococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistress 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.