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
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Leaf	90.0	1500.0	-1.54	Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE	8	Leaf	320.0	5333.0	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
VALINE	3	Leaf	700.0	11667.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
VANADIUM	16	Leaf	0.3	20.3	2.25	Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6	0	Leaf	0.6	9.2	-0.59	Duke, 1992 *
VIT-E	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIT-G	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIT-K	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Leaf	920000.0	971000.0	0.82	Duke, 1992 *
YTTERBIUM	0	Leaf	0.0	0.9	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
YTTRIUM	0	Leaf	0.4	8.7	-0.98	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Leaf	2.7	974.0	5.45	Duke, 1992 *
ZIRCONIUM	0	Leaf	0.4	87.0	0.77	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
Metal-Chelator	2	McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper)	1	Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Metastatic	1	Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Monoamine-Precursor	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucogenic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic	1	Martindale's 28th
Mutagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Mydriatic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Myorelaxant	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Natriuretic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide	2	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
NEP-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Nephrotoxic	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Neuroexcitant	1	Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neuroprotective	3	Duke, 1992 *