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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Medicago sativa (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Alfalfa; Lucerne
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
Subspecies
sativa
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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
MEDICAGENIC-ACID-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root *
MEDICAGENIC-ACID-3-O-TRIGLUCOSIDE 0 Root Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MEDICAGO-GUCURONOXYLAN 0 Stem *
MEDICAGOL 3 Leaf *
MEDICAGOL 3 Plant *
MEDICAGOL 3 Shoot 6.0 1.00 *
MEDICANINE 0 Sprout Seedling *
MEDICARPIN 13 Leaf *
MEDICARPIN 13 Root *
MEDICARPIN 13 Sprout Seedling *
MEDICARPIN 13 Tissue Culture *
MEDICARPIN-3-O-GLYCOSIDE 0 Root *
MEDICARPIN-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
MEDICOSIDE 1 Plant *
MEDICOSIDE-A 0 Root 48.0 *
MEDICOSIDE-C 0 Root 20.0 100.0 *
MEDICOSIDE-D 0 Root 6060.6 *
MEDICOSIDE-G 0 Root 0.0 132.0 *
MEDICOSIDE-H 0 Root 51.0 *
MEDICOSIDE-I 0 Root 231.2 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 3 *
17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 *
5-HETE-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 4 *
Abortifacient 3 *
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 2 *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Additive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 12 Shimizu, M., Ito, T., Terashima, S., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Morita, N., Kurokawa, S., Ito, K., and Hashimoto, Y. 1984. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Flavonoids. Phytochemistry, 23: 1885-1888.
Allelochemic 6 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 3 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 13 *