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Plant Lactuca sativa (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Lettuce
How this plant is used
Food

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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
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 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihyperthyroid 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiielus? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiimplantation 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiimpotence 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfarctal 1 Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp.
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 15 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinsomniac 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomniac? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinsulinogenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiischemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antikeshan 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiLegionella 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric 2 Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic 7 Life Sciences 55: 1061.