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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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  2. Medicago sativa

Medicago sativa (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Alfalfa; Lucerne
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
Subspecies
sativa
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
LUCERNOL 0 Shoot *
LUTEIN 15 Flower *
LUTEIN 15 Leaf *
LUTEIN 15 Plant ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LUTEIN-5,6-EPOXIDE 0 Flower *
LUTEIN-5,6-EPOXIDE 0 Leaf *
LUTEOXANTHIN 0 Leaf *
LYSINE 4 Plant *
MAGNESIUM 65 Plant 432.0 2300.0 -0.55 *
MALEIC-ACID 0 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
MALIC-ACID 15 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
MALONIC-ACID 1 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
MANGANESE 14 Plant 0.5 2.5 -0.68 *
MANNO-HEPTULOSE 0 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
MEDICAGENIC-ACID 7 Leaf *
MEDICAGENIC-ACID 7 Plant 320.0 600.0 *
MEDICAGENIC-ACID 7 Root *
MEDICAGENIC-ACID 7 Pt *
MEDICAGENIC-ACID-3-BETA-O-BETA-MALTOSIDE 0 Root *
MEDICAGENIC-ACID-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Root 1200.0 87878.8 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihyperinsulinemic 1 *
Antihyperkeratotic 1 *
Antihyperkinetic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperleptinemic 1 *
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 10 *
Antihyperthyroid 1 *
Antihyperventilation 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichthyosic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiielus? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiimplantation 2 *
Antiimpotence 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfarctal 1 Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp.
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 30 *
Antiinflammatory? 1 *
Antiinsomniac 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.