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
FOLIC-ACID	23	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FORMONONETIN	16	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FORMONONETIN	16	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FORMONONETIN	16	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FORMONONETIN	16	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FORMONONETIN-7-O-(6''-O-MALONYL-GLUCOSIDE)	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FORMONONETIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE	8	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FUMARIC-ACID	7	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.
GALACTOMANNAN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOSE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
GENISTEIN	81	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN	81	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN	81	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
GLUCURONIC-ACID	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
GLYCINE-BETAINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUANINE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUANOSINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	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
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.