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
4-0-METHYLCOUMESTROL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-AMINO-BUTYRIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	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.
7,5'-DIHYDROXY-2',3',4'-TRIMETHOXYISOFLAVAN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7-HYDROXY-2',3',4-TRIMETHOXYISOFLAVAN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-METHOXYCOUMESTROL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
9-O-METHYLCOUMESTROL	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETONE	3	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ADENINE	11	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ADENOSINE	28	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AESCULETIN	32	Fruit	not available	140.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AESCULETIN	32	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALFALFONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALFALONE	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL	2	Fruit	not available	37.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Plant	26.0	257.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Plant	25.0	135.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
AMYLASE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiheartburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic	3	Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatocarcinogenic	1	Akao, M. and Kuroda, K. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Fumaric Acid on Hepatocarcinogenesis by Thioacetamide in Mice. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2012-2014, 1990.
Antihepatomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antihepatotoxic	11	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic?	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antihiccup	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic	8	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocysteine	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocystinuric	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antihydrophobic	1	Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihypercholesterolemic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperglycemic	2	Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.