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
LUCERNOL	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN	15	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN	15	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN	15	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.
LUTEIN-5,6-EPOXIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN-5,6-EPOXIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOXANTHIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Plant	432.0	2300.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
MALEIC-ACID	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.
MALIC-ACID	15	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.
MALONIC-ACID	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.
MANGANESE	14	Plant	0.5	2.5	-0.68	Duke, 1992 *
MANNO-HEPTULOSE	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.
MEDICAGENIC-ACID	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MEDICAGENIC-ACID	7	Plant	320.0	600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MEDICAGENIC-ACID	7	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MEDICAGENIC-ACID	7	Pt	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MEDICAGENIC-ACID-3-BETA-O-BETA-MALTOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MEDICAGENIC-ACID-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Root	1200.0	87878.8	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
Antiosteoarthritic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic	11	Duke, 1992 *
Antiosteoporotic?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiotitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxaluric	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antioxidant	38	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant Synergist	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antioxidant?	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipancreatitic	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipapillomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric	3	Martindale's 28th
Antiperiodic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontal	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperistaltic	2	Duke, 1992 *