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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Lactuca scariola (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Prickly Lettuce
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
8-DEOXYLACTUCIN 5 Plant *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Seed *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed 1091.0 -0.55 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Plant *
BETA-LACTUCEROL 0 Latex Exudate *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed *
CAOUTCHOUC 0 Latex Exudate *
CAPROIC-ACID 1 Seed 7392.0 1.32 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Latex Exudate *
FAT 0 Seed 352000.0 0.46 *
GAMMA-LACTUCEROL 0 Latex Exudate *
GERMANICOL 0 Plant *
HYOSCYAMINE 27 Latex Exudate *
INULIN 19 Root *
LACTUCIN 6 Latex Exudate *
LACTUCOPICRIN 4 Plant *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 165616.0 204160.0 0.83 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Latex Exudate *
MANNITOL 18 Latex Exudate *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 95040.0 130170.0 0.09 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
Acaricide 1 (View) *
Alcohol-Dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Allergenic 3 (View) *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 3 (View) Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp.
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Anemiagenic 1 (View) *
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 (View) ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Antiacne 1 (View) *
Antiadenomic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antialopecic 3 (View) *
Antialzheimeran 1 (View) *
Antianaphylactic 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 4 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianginal 1 (View) *
Antiaphthic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th