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

Plant Medicago sativa (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Alfalfa, Lucerne
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
Subspecies
sativa

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(-)-5'-METHOXYSATIVAN 0 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
(S)-N-(3-HYDROXYPROPYL)-AZETIDINE-CARBOXYLIC-ACID 0 Sprout Seedling Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
10-METHOXY-MEDICARPIN 0 Plant *
11,12-DIMETHOXY-7-HYDROXYCOUMESTIN 0 Plant *
2-(4-HYDROXY-2-METHOXY-PHENYL)-6-METHOXY-BENZOFURAN-3-CARBOXYLIC-ACID 0 Root *
2-CARBOXYARABINITOL 0 Leaf 19.0 -0.83 *
2-METHYL-PROPANOL 0 Essential Oil *
3',4',5-TRIHYDROXY-7-METHOXY-FLAVONE 0 Shoot *
3',4',7-TRIHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Shoot *
3'-METHOXYCOUMESTROL 0 Plant *
3'-METHOXYCOUMESTROL 0 Shoot *
3-BETA-GALACTOSIDASE 0 Tissue Culture *
3-METHYL-BUTANOL 0 Essential Oil *
4',7-DIHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Leaf *
4',7-DIHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Plant *
4',7-DIHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Root *
4',7-DIHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Shoot *
4',7-DIHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Tissue Culture *
4'-METHOXYCOUMESTROL 0 Shoot *
4'-O-METHYLCOUMESTROL 2 Plant *
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