An official website of the United States government.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Leaf | 35000.0 | 583333.0 | -0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CERYL-ALCOHOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLORINE | 7 | Leaf | not available | 395.0 | -0.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHOLINE | 20 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Leaf | 0.0 | 20.0 | 1.06 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRIC-ACID | 23 | Leaf | not available | 500.0 | -0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Leaf | 0.0 | 0.9 | -0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Leaf | 0.4 | 29.0 | 0.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYSTINE | 2 | Leaf | 160.0 | 2667.0 | -0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-5-AVENASTEROL | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-7-AVENASTEROL | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ERGOSTEROL | 5 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Leaf | 3000.0 | 50000.0 | -0.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Leaf | 7000.0 | 116667.0 | -0.55 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLUORINE | 0 | Leaf | 0.0 | 8.0 | 1.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FOLACIN | 15 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALLIUM | 0 | Stem | 0.2 | 7.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 8 | Leaf | 1820.0 | 30333.0 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCINE | 12 | Leaf | 570.0 | 9500.0 | -0.24 | 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 * |