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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 * |