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Organism name
Lactuca virosa                                Find images with Google

NCBI taxonomy ID
Lineage
Description Land plant: wild lettuce, bitter lettuce, laitue vireuse, opium lettuce, poisonous lettuce, tall lettuce, great lettuce or rakutu-karyumu-so  (Primary producer of carotenoids)                              Japanese
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CA00309  β-Carotene  (Ref.265)


CA00597  Lutein  (Ref.265)


References
  • Ref.265 : B. Mour, J. Amer. Soc. Hort, Sci. 130(6):870-876 2005, "Genetic Variation of Beta-Carotene and Lutein Contents in Lettuce"

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