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
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	13000.0	216667.0	0.05	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Leaf	1590.0	26500.0	0.95	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Leaf	0.0	0.1	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Leaf	390.0	6500.0	-0.96	Duke, 1992 *
SFA	0	Leaf	390.0	6500.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Leaf	10.0	800.0	1.97	Duke, 1992 *
SILVER	3	Leaf	0.0	0.6	1.33	Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTEROL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Leaf	28.0	18560.0	2.65	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Leaf	40.0	667.0	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMAST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM	0	Shoot	2.0	580.0	0.21	Duke, 1992 *
SUGAR	0	Leaf	not available	65000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR	14	Shoot	29.0	3800.0	1.71	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXASTEROL	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Leaf	0.5	8.3	0.00	Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE	4	Leaf	590.0	9833.0	0.01	Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM	0	Leaf	0.1	870.0	3.03	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 *