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Plant 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.
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
4-0-METHYLCOUMESTROL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-AMINO-BUTYRIC-ACID 0 Root not available not available not available Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
7,5'-DIHYDROXY-2',3',4'-TRIMETHOXYISOFLAVAN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
7-HYDROXY-2',3',4-TRIMETHOXYISOFLAVAN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
8-METHOXYCOUMESTROL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
9-O-METHYLCOUMESTROL 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETONE 3 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADENINE 11 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADENOSINE 28 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AESCULETIN 32 Fruit not available 140.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
AESCULETIN 32 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALFALFONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALFALONE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CRYPTOXANTHIN 2 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL 2 Fruit not available 37.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Plant 26.0 257.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Plant 25.0 135.0 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
AMYLASE 1 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.
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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
Antipermeability 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant 3 Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antipharyngitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiphenylketonuric 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiphotophobic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque 7 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplasmodial 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodagric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipodriac 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipoliomyelitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolyp 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antiproliferative 2 Duke, 1992 *