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.
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
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alcohol-Dehydrogenase-Inhibitor	1	Martindale's 29th
Allergenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	3	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	Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1	Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic	1	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Antiacne	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antialopecic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic	4	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianginal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaphthic	1	Martindale's 28th