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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALANINE | 3 | Leaf | 560.0 | 9333.0 | -0.76 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-LACTUCEROL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID | 15 | Leaf | 1130.0 | 18833.0 | 2.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL | 32 | Fruit | 6.0 | 139.0 | 1.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Leaf | 3.0 | 126.0 | -0.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARGININE | 14 | Leaf | 710.0 | 11833.0 | -0.51 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARSENIC | 2 | Leaf | 0.0 | 0.6 | 2.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Leaf | 180.0 | 3000.0 | -0.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Leaf | 7700.0 | 290000.0 | 3.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Leaf | 1420.0 | 23667.0 | -0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BARIUM | 0 | Leaf | 0.1 | 145.0 | -0.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Leaf | 11.0 | 190.0 | -0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-LACTUCEROL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORON | 4 | Leaf | 0.9 | 87.0 | 0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BROMINE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CADMIUM | 3 | Leaf | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.69 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Leaf | 360.0 | 19140.0 | 0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAOUTCHOUC | 0 | Latex Exudate | 400.0 | 1400.0 | -1.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| DNA-Protective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Emetic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Encephalopathic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Energizer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ergogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Erythrocytogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Essential | 8 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Estrogenic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fatal | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Flatugenic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| FLavor | 7 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionigenic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hematopoietic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hemopoietic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |