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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
BORON 4 Plant 17.0 45.0 -0.36 *
BORON 4 Stem 14.0 -1.24 *
BUTANONE 0 Essential Oil *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Tissue Culture *
CALCIUM 28 Plant 1690.0 8990.0 -0.49 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Plant *
CANALINE 2 Seed *
CANANAVANINE 0 Seed 6000.0 *
CANAVANINE 14 Seed *
CAPROIC-ACID 1 Seed *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Plant 123704.0 658000.0 -0.09 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 401000.0 454135.0 -0.28 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CAULOSAPONIN-B 0 Root 10.0 *
CEREBROSIDES 0 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CHLOROPHYLL 21 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CHLOROPHYLLIDE-A 0 Plant Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
CHOLINE 20 Plant *
CHOLINE 20 Shoot 1710.0 1.52 *
CHOLINE 20 Tissue Culture *
CHROMIUM 24 Plant 0.2 0.9 -0.78 *
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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 *