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
Copper-Chelator	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic	6	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Deliriant	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Depressant	1	Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Dermatitigenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic?	3	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator	2	Duke, 1992 *
Disinfectant	1	Martindale's 29th
Diuretic	10	Duke, 1992 *
DNA-Active	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.