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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
KAEMPFEROL-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE 0 Leaf *
L-ARGININE 1 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
L-CANAVANINE 0 Leaf 900.0 1200.0 *
L-CANAVANINE 0 Seed 8.0 15000.0 *
L-CANAVANINE 0 Sprout Seedling 600.0 900.0 *
L-CANAVANINE 0 Stem 600.0 900.0 *
L-HOMOSTACHYDRINE 1 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
L-STACHYDRINE 0 Hay 1400.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
L-STACHYDRINE 0 Plant *
LARICYTRIN 0 Flower *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
LAURIC-ACID 7 Seed *
LEUCINE 2 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
LICODIONE 0 Tissue Culture *
LIMONENE 60 Essential Oil *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed Oil *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed Oil *
LIQUIRITGENIN 0 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
LUCERNIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
LUCERNOL 0 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiheartburn 1 *
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 *
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 *
Antihepatotic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antihepatotoxic 11 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 9 *
Antiherpetic? 2 *
Antihiccup 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic 8 *
AntiHIV 7 *
Antihomocysteine 1 *
Antihomocystinuric 3 *
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.