Plant Medicago sativa (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Alfalfa; Lucerne

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

Subspecies

sativa

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	0.1	394.0	0.58	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Plant	28.0	149.0	0.08	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE-5,6-EPOXIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MANNANASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Fruit	not available	5.0	-0.79	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SPINASTEROL	0	Fruit	not available	19.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SPINASTEROL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE	14	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BIOCHANIN-A	32	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BIOCHANIN-A	32	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BIOCHANIN-A	32	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BIOTIN	4	Plant	not available	0.2	-1.00	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
BORON	4	Leaf	not available	25.0	-0.99	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	19	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	2	Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacetylcholinesterase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	7	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadrenergic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.