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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Neurotoxic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Neurotransmitter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NF-kB-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Genic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Synthase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Odontolytic | 1 | Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253. |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 4 | Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19. |
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Ovulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Oxidant | 2 | Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978. |
| P450-Inducer | 1 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| P450-Inhibitor | 1 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| PAF-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pancreatoxic | 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 |
| Parasiticide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Parasympathomimetic | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Percutaneostimulant | 2 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |
| Perfumery | 3 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Pesticide | 21 | Duke, 1992 * |