Lactuca sativa

Traditional uses

  • Anaphrodisiac

    Tradition: Haiti

  • Antidote

    Tradition: China

  • Asthma

    Tradition: Haiti

  • Bronchitis

    Tradition: Elsewhere

  • Burn

    Tradition: Elsewhere

  • Cancer

    Tradition: Europe

  • Cardiac

    Tradition: Haiti

  • Carminative

    Tradition: China

  • Circulation

    Tradition: China

  • Diuretic

    Tradition: Turkey

  • Emollient

    Tradition: Turkey

  • Fever

    Tradition: Iraq

Chemicals

  • ALANINE

    Plant part: Leaf. Amount: 560 to 9333

  • ASCORBIC-ACID

    Plant part: Leaf. Amount: 180 to 3000

  • ASH

    Plant part: Leaf. Amount: 7700 to 290000

  • DELTA-5-AVENASTEROL

    Plant part: Seed

  • DELTA-7-AVENASTEROL

    Plant part: Seed

  • BARIUM

    Plant part: Leaf. Amount: 0.126 to 145

  • BORON

    Plant part: Leaf. Amount: 0.9 to 87

  • CADMIUM

    Plant part: Leaf. Amount: 0.01 to 4

  • CAFFEIC-ACID

    Plant part: Plant

  • CAMPESTEROL

    Plant part: Seed

  • CAOUTCHOUC

    Plant part: Latex Exudate. Amount: 400 to 1400

  • BETA-CAROTENE

    Plant part: Leaf. Amount: 11 to 190