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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
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholinergic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antichoreic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticirrhotic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlastogen 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlaudificant? 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticorneotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary 5 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's 3 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystinuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic 1 Duke, 1992 *