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Plant Lactuca sativa (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Lettuce
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
MERCURY 1 Leaf 0.0 0.0 -0.10 Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE 15 Leaf 160.0 2667.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Leaf 0.1 2.0 -0.13 Duke, 1992 *
MUFA 13 Leaf 120.0 2000.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXACOSYLALCOHOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Leaf 4.0 67.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL 3 Leaf 0.2 28.0 0.19 Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN 0 Leaf 2200.0 54000.0 0.51 Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Leaf 90.0 1500.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Leaf 110.0 136.0 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Leaf 350.0 5833.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Leaf 30.0 500.0 0.12 Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Leaf 2.0 33.0 -0.04 Duke, 1992 *
PECTINS 0 Leaf not available 40000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Leaf 550.0 9167.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 108.0 13920.0 1.65 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Leaf 380.0 6333.0 1.34 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 2900.0 121800.0 4.04 Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Leaf 480.0 8000.0 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
VEGF-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).