Lactuca indica

Lactuca indica L. (Lactula brevirostris Champ.) is an herb that grows in a geographical area spanning from North Asia to Papua New Guinea (Fig. 110). In China, the leaves are eaten as salad to facilitate digestion, and a decoction is drunk to break fever. In Taiwan, the plant is used to break fever, and it is used externally to soothe swellings. In Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, the plant is used to invigorate, promote... 

An extract from Lactuca indica showed significant free radical scavenging activity, and protected phixl74 supercoiled DNA against strand cleavage and reduced oxidative stress in human promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cells. On account of protocatechulic acid, methyl p-hydroxybenzoate, caffeic acid, 3,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid, luteolin 7-O-fT glucopyranoside, and quercetin 3-0-(3-g 1 ucopyranoside are the major antioxidative constituents (111). 

Wang SY, Chang HN, Lin KT, Lo CP, Yang NS, Shyur LF. Antioxidant properties and phytochemical characteristics of extracts from Lactuca indica. J Agric Food Chem 2003 51 1506-1512. 

The sesquiterpene lactone, lactucain C (67) isolated from Lactuca indica L. (family Compositae) showed moderate lowering of plasma glucose (A -22.74 12.53%) in vivo at a dose of 1.0 mM/kg in STZ-diabetic rats. ... 

Hon C-C, Fin S-J, Cheng J-T, Hsu F-L. (2003) Antidiabetic dimeric guiano-lides and a lignan glycoside from Lactuca indica. J Nat Prod 66 625-629. 

Lactuca raddeana Maxim. L. indica L. L. sativa L. Shan Wo Ju (Lettuce) (seed) Pectic compound, oxalic acid, malic acid, citric acid, ceryl alcohol, ergosterol, vitamin E.50 Anodyne, lactogogue, for genital swelling, hemorrhoids, lumbago. 

Calendula officinalis, Chamaenerion angustifolium, Lactuca raddeana, L. indica, L. sativa Taraxacum officinale Caltha palustris... 

Chaenomeles japonica, C. sinensis, C. speciosa, Coriandrum sativum, Comus officinalis, Cydonia sinensis, Drosera anglica, D. burmunni, D. rotundifolia, Eriobotrya japonica, Lactuca raddeana, L. indica,... 

H. lanatum, Juncus ejfusus, Lactuca raddeana, L. indica, L. sativa, Polygonum bistorta, Sanguisorba officinalis, S. grandiflora, S. parviflora, S. x tenuifolia, Taraxacum officinale, Vitis amurensis, V. vinifera Michelia alba, M. figo... 

Angelica polymorpha, A. sinensis, Hippophae rhamnoides, Lactuca raddeana, L indica, L sativa, Polygonum aviculare, P. lapidosa, P. manshuriensis, P. vivipara, Triticum vulgare, Viscum album, V. coloratum Triticum vulgare... 

Similar results were observed in a more recent work10 when BOA, DIBOA, and rye extract activities were studied. The results showed that BOA and DIBOA inhibit germination only in the small- to medium-seeded species Amaranthus palmeri, Digitaria sanguinalis, Echinochloa indica, Lactuca sativa, and Lycopersicon esculentum. Large-seeded crops, including cucurbits and Zea mays,... 

The genus Lactuca (L. perennis, L. tatarica, L. indica, L. capensis, L. tenerrima) has been shown to produce sesquiterpene lactones including guaianolides, germacranolides, and some eudesmanolides. Two new eudesmane sesquiterpene lactones show anticancer activity against epithelial carcinoma and colon carcinoma cell lines [77]. 

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