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Common Names
Lettuce
How this plant is used
Food
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| 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 * |
| 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 * |