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

Plant Lactuca virosa (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Bitter 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
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Plant *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed *
CAOUTCHOUC 0 Plant *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Plant *
GERMANICOL 0 Plant *
HYOSCYAMINE 27 Plant *
LACTUCERIN 0 Plant *
LACTUCEROLS 0 Plant *
LACTUCIC-ACID 0 Plant *
LACTUCIN 6 Latex Exudate 2000.0 *
LACTUPICRIN 2 Latex Exudate *
MALIC-ACID 15 Plant *
MANNITOL 18 Plant *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Latex Exudate 10000.0 *
SQUALENE 10 Seed *
TARAXASTEROL 2 Plant *
TOCOPHEROL 93 Seed *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-HETE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acaricide 1 (View) *
Allergenic 3 (View) *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 4 (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) *
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.
Antiadenomic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiaggregant 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antiaging 1 (View) 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
Antialzheimeran 1 (View) 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
Antiandrogenic 1 (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
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 (View) *
Antiarthritic 1 (View) *
Antiatherosclerotic 3 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antibacterial 4 (View) Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.