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.
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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.