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Lettuce: a promising leafy vegetable with functional properties
- Source :
- Defence Life Science Journal. 2:178
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Defence Scientific Information and Documentation Centre, 2017.
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Abstract
- Lactuca sativa (lettuce) belongs to Asteraceae family important leafy vegetable known for its medicinal properties. The lettuce is a food that should not lack in our meals, we should keep in mind that its low fat and carbohydrate contents and its high contents of water, it provides caloric power of only 13 Kcal /100gm are very appropriate for weight loss diets. It is rich in minerals, especially potassium that is very necessary to maintain appropriate levels of liquids in the body, together with calcium and phosphorus makes it especially for the correct well being of the bones. It contains selenium, an antioxidant that has a medicinal property in prevention of certain type of cancers, colon, prostrate and lungs. It contains many necessary amino acids for the formation of the proteins, alanine, and necessary for the construction of muscular and nervous tissues, glycine for the correct operation of immunological system. The most of therapeutic properties of this plant is due to sesquiterpene lactones- lactucin, lactucopicrin the most bioactive compound of Lactuca sativa. This review mainly focuses on the pharmacological action of the Lettuce and active constituents for the wide spectrum biological properties, such as anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, analgesic, neuroprotective and sedative properties etc. Since Lettuce has medicinal therapeutic potential its usage in dietary supplementation can be exploited. Lettuce has also acquired a folk reputation. More clinical studies are needed to further asses the efficiency and safety in therapeutic application
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine
Antioxidant
Lactucin
medicine.medical_treatment
Lactuca
Biology
Asteraceae
biology.organism_classification
01 natural sciences
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Bioactive compound
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
030104 developmental biology
chemistry
Biological property
Botany
medicine
Food science
Leafy vegetables
General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
010606 plant biology & botany
Lactucopicrin
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 24560537 and 2456379X
- Volume :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Defence Life Science Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........75fcb3c893ab4179f4366647e0cfd988
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.14429/dlsj.2.11357