Chemical Constituents:

Water: 92.9%, Protein, Fat, Carbohydrate, Fibre, Ash, Minerals – Calcium, Phosphorus, Iron, Magnesium, Sodium, Potassium, Zinc; Vitamins - A, Thiamine (B1), Riboflavin (B2), Niacin, B6, C, cis-cinnamoyl glucosides, Lactucarium, Potassium nitrate, alkaloids, Lactuca and cis-cinnamic acid.

Part used : Leaves

Refrence:

             Chemical constituents:

• Plant growth inhibition by cis-cinnamoyl glucosides and cis-cinnamic acid. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15898503

• Chemical stimulants of leaf-trenching by cabbage loopers: natural products, neurotransmitters, insecticides, and drugs. 

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14584674

• http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Lactuca+sativa

• http://www.henriettesherbal.com/eclectic/kings/lactuca.html

• http://journals.uzpi.cz:8050/uniqueFiles/01885.pdf

• Knowledge, opinions and behaviours related to food and nutrition in Catalonia , Spain (1992-2003) 

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17988411

• Expression of cholera toxin B-proinsulin fusion protein in lettuce and tobacco chloroplasts--oral administration protects against development of insulitis in non-obese diabetic mice. 

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17490448

• A comparison of knowledge and attitudes about diet and health among 35- to 75-year-old adults in the United States and Geneva , Switzerland .

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11236407 

• Risk factors for colorectal cancer in subjects with family history of the disease. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9155063