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

Common Names

Bitter 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
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAOUTCHOUC	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID	23	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERMANICOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYOSCYAMINE	27	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LACTUCERIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LACTUCEROLS	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LACTUCIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LACTUCIN	6	Latex Exudate	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LACTUPICRIN	2	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANNITOL	18	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Latex Exudate	not available	10000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SQUALENE	10	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXASTEROL	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TOCOPHEROL	93	Seed	not available	not available	not available	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-HETE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	4	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 *
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.
Antiadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiaggregant	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiaging	1	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	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	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
Antiarteriosclerotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antibacterial	4	Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.