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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALANINE | 3 | Leaf | 560.0 | 9333.0 | -0.76 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-LACTUCEROL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID | 15 | Leaf | 1130.0 | 18833.0 | 2.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL | 32 | Fruit | 6.0 | 139.0 | 1.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Leaf | 3.0 | 126.0 | -0.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARGININE | 14 | Leaf | 710.0 | 11833.0 | -0.51 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARSENIC | 2 | Leaf | 0.0 | 0.6 | 2.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Leaf | 180.0 | 3000.0 | -0.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Leaf | 7700.0 | 290000.0 | 3.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Leaf | 1420.0 | 23667.0 | -0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BARIUM | 0 | Leaf | 0.1 | 145.0 | -0.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Leaf | 11.0 | 190.0 | -0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-LACTUCEROL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORON | 4 | Leaf | 0.9 | 87.0 | 0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BROMINE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CADMIUM | 3 | Leaf | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.69 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Leaf | 360.0 | 19140.0 | 0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAOUTCHOUC | 0 | Latex Exudate | 400.0 | 1400.0 | -1.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor | 3 | Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237. |
| Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor | 2 | Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225. |
| Toxic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tranquilizer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tremorigenic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Trichomonicide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Tumor-Promoter | 1 | J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079. |
| Tumorigenic | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170. |
| Ubiquiot | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Uricosuric | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Urinary-Acidulant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Urine-Acidifier | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Urine-Deodorant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Uterorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Uterosedative | 1 | Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990. |
| Uterotrophic | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999. |
| Varroacide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasodilator | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |