Plant Lactuca sativa (Asteraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
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 *

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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.