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

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 Sort descending	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
8-DEOXYLACTUCIN	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	1091.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-LACTUCEROL	0	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAOUTCHOUC	0	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPROIC-ACID	1	Seed	not available	7392.0	1.32	Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID	23	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	not available	352000.0	0.46	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-LACTUCEROL	0	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERMANICOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYOSCYAMINE	27	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INULIN	19	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LACTUCIN	6	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LACTUCOPICRIN	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	165616.0	204160.0	0.83	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANNITOL	18	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	95040.0	130170.0	0.09	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity Sort descending	Chemical Count	Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4 (View Chemicals list for 5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	1 (View Chemicals list for Acaricide)	Duke, 1992 *
Alcohol-Dehydrogenase-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for Alcohol-Dehydrogenase-Inhibitor)	Martindale's 29th
Allergenic	3 (View Chemicals list for Allergenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	3 (View Chemicals list for Analgesic)	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 Chemicals list for Androgenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Anemiagenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Angiogenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1 (View Chemicals list for Anorexic)	Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic	1 (View Chemicals list for Anthelmintic)	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Antiacne	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiacne)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiadenomic)	Merck 11th Edition
Antialopecic	3 (View Chemicals list for Antialopecic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran	1 (View Chemicals list for Antialzheimeran)	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antianaphylactic)	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic	4 (View Chemicals list for Antiandrogenic)	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianginal	1 (View Chemicals list for Antianginal)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaphthic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiaphthic)	Martindale's 28th