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Common Names
Lettuce
How this plant is used
Food
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Chemopreventive | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cholagogue | 2 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Choleretic | 7 | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| Cholinergic | 2 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Circulotonic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Clastogenic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| CNS-Active | 1 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| CNS-Depressant | 4 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| CNS-Paralytic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| CNS-Stimulant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Co-carcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cold-preventive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Collagen-Sparing | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Collagenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Colorant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Comedogenic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Comedolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COMT-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Contraceptive | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Copper-Antagonist | 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 |