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
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 *

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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
JNK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional	1	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Keratolytic	1	Martindale's 29th
Larvistat	1	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Laxative	5	Duke, 1992 *
Laxative?	2	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Leptingenic	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
Leukotriene-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipotropic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	5	Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic	2	Martindale's 29th
Lubricant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lymphocytogenic	1	Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
MAO-A-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAPK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memorigenic	2	Duke, 1992 *