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
MERCURY	1	Leaf	0.0	0.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Leaf	160.0	2667.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Leaf	0.1	2.0	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
MUFA	13	Leaf	120.0	2000.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXACOSYLALCOHOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Leaf	4.0	67.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Leaf	0.2	28.0	0.19	Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN	0	Leaf	2200.0	54000.0	0.51	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Leaf	90.0	1500.0	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Leaf	110.0	136.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Leaf	350.0	5833.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Leaf	30.0	500.0	0.12	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Leaf	2.0	33.0	-0.04	Duke, 1992 *
PECTINS	0	Leaf	not available	40000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Leaf	550.0	9167.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	108.0	13920.0	1.65	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Leaf	380.0	6333.0	1.34	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Leaf	2900.0	121800.0	4.04	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Leaf	480.0	8000.0	-0.47	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
Bronchorelaxant	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bruchiphobe	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist	4	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	23	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cancer-Preventive?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Candidicide	4	Martindale's 28th
Capillariprotective	1	Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiac	1	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Cardiodepressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiomyopathogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective	10	Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardiotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cerebrotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *