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• Lettuce is rich with minerals and vitamins including vitamin A, C, E, iron, potassium, calcium and phosphorus. It also contains selenium which has medicinal properties for the prevention of colon, prostate and lung cancers. This chapter emphasizes the medicinal properties of lettuce and its active components for different biological actions, for example, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antidiabetic, antimicrobial, analgesic, sedative and neuroprotective effects.
• This chapter emphasizes the medicinal properties of lettuce and its active components for different biological actions, for example, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antidiabetic, antimicrobial, analgesic, sedative and neuroprotective effects.