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Common Names
Alfalfa; Lucerne
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
Subspecies
sativa
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SELENIUM | 60 | Plant | not available | 0.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Stem | not available | 0.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SHIKIMIC-ACID | 14 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILICON | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Plant | 32.0 | 170.0 | -0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SOYASAPOGENOL-A | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SOYASAPOGENOL-A | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SOYASAPOGENOL-B | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SOYASAPOGENOL-B | 0 | Petiole | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SOYASAPOGENOL-B | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SOYASAPOGENOL-B | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SOYASAPOGENOL-B | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SOYASAPOGENOL-C | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SOYASAPOGENOL-C | 0 | 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. |
| SOYASAPOGENOL-C | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SOYASAPOGENOL-C | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SOYASAPOGENOL-D | 0 | 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. |
| SOYASAPOGENOL-D | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SOYASAPOGENOL-D | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SOYASAPOGENOL-E | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antilupus | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| AntiLyme | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilymphocytic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antilymphomic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimaculitic | 6 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Antimalarial | 1 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Antimanic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimastalgic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimastitic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| AntiMD | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimeasles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antimelanogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimelanomic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiMeniere's | 1 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| Antimenopausal | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antimenorrhagic | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimetabolic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimetaplastic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antimetastatic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimetastatic (Stomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |