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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Leaf 90.0 1500.0 -1.54 Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE 8 Leaf 320.0 5333.0 -0.74 Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Leaf 700.0 11667.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
VANADIUM 16 Leaf 0.3 20.3 2.25 Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6 0 Leaf 0.6 9.2 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
VIT-E 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VIT-G 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VIT-K 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Leaf 920000.0 971000.0 0.82 Duke, 1992 *
YTTERBIUM 0 Leaf 0.0 0.9 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
YTTRIUM 0 Leaf 0.4 8.7 -0.98 Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Leaf 2.7 974.0 5.45 Duke, 1992 *
ZIRCONIUM 0 Leaf 0.4 87.0 0.77 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *