Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Melilotus officinalis (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Yellow Sweetclover
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
3,4-DIHYDROXY-BENZOIC-ALDEHYDE 0 Plant Pharmazie, 46: 156, 1991.
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Shoot *
ACETYLSOYASAPONIN-I 0 Root 9.0 *
AZUKISAPONIN-V 0 Plant *
AZUKISAPONIN-V 0 Shoot *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant Pharmazie, 46: 156, 1991.
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Shoot *
COUMARIC-ACID 0 Plant ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
COUMARIN 57 Flower *
COUMARIN 57 Leaf *
COUMARIN 57 Plant 2000.0 -0.20 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
COUMARIN 57 Shoot 500.0 5400.0 1.00 *
COUMARIN 57 Stem *
DEHYDRO-SOYASAPONIN-I 0 Root 9.0 *
DIOSGENIN 7 Seed 1000.0 -0.71 *
EO 0 Flower 130.0 -0.42 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FAT 0 Seed 19000.0 83000.0 -0.96 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Plant Pharmazie, 46: 156, 1991.
FERULIC-ACID 61 Shoot *
GALACTOMANNAN 0 Seed *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 7 (View) *
Allelochemic 3 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 5 (View) Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 3 (View) *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 8 (View) *
Anesthetic 1 (View) *
Anthelmintic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiadenoviral 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadenovirus 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiaflatoxin 2 (View) *
Antiaggregant 6 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging 2 (View) *
Antiallergenic 2 (View) Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic 4 (View) *