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Plant Medicago sativa (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Alfalfa; Lucerne
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
Subspecies
sativa
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
TANNIN 35 Hay 27000.0 28000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Plant 1.3 7.5 -0.01 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THIAMINE 0 Plant 0.4 1.9 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 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.
TIN 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CINNAMIC-ACID 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-COUMARIC-ACID 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIACONTAN-1-OL 1 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIACONTANE 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.
TRIACONTANOL 3 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.
TRICIN 9 Fruit Juice not available 2200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICIN 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICIN 9 Shoot not available 24.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICIN-7-DIGLUCURONIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICIN-7-GLUCURONIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICIN-7-TRIGLUCURONIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIFOLIOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIFOLIOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIFOLIOL 0 Shoot not available 20.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIGALACTOSYL-DIGLYCERIDE 0 Leaf not available 58.0 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
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 *