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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.
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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer 2 Martindale's 29th
Antivertigo 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivinous 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 2 Abid Ali Khan, M.M., Jain, D.C., Bhakuni, R.S., Zaim, M., and Thakur, R.S. 1991. Occurrence of some antiviral sterols in Artemisia annua. Plant Science, 75: 161-165, 1991.
Apoptotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide 1 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Bacteristat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bifidogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bitter 3 Duke, 1992 *
Bronchodilator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bruchiphobe 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Cancer-Preventive 5 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 1 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Carcinogenic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Cardioprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *