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
Antisterility	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistroke	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisunburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X	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
Antithalassemic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antithrombotic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antithromboxane-B2	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
Antitoxemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitubercular	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	5	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antitumor (Breast)	2	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Antitumor (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colorectal)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiulcerogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antivertigo	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antivinous	1	Duke, 1992 *