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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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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiemetic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiepitheleomic 1 (View) *
Antiestrogenic 1 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifeedant 2 (View) Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 1 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibromyalgic 1 (View) *
Antifibrositic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antiglaucomic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antiglycosation 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
Antigonadotrophic 1 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiherpetic 2 (View) *
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiinfertility 1 (View) *
Antiinflammatory 5 (View) *
Antiischemic 1 (View) *
Antileishmanic 1 (View) *
Antileukemic 2 (View) *
Antileukotriene 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilithic 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antilupus 1 (View) *