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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
CHRYSOERIOL 7 Shoot not available 28.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOERIOL-7-DIGLUCURONIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOERIOL-7-GLUCURONIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOERIOL-7-TRIGLUCURONIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID 18 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRULLINE 5 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COAGULASE 0 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.
COBALT 2 Plant 2.0 11.5 -0.10 Duke, 1992 *
COUMESTROL 13 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COUMESTROL 13 Plant 10.0 184.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
COUMESTROL 13 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COUMESTROL 13 Shoot 5.0 190.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
COUMESTROL 13 Sprout Seedling 5.0 37.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
COUMESTROL-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CRYPTOXANTHIN 2 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.
CYCLOARTENOL 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Plant not available not available not available Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
CYTIDINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-GLYCERO-D-MANNO-OCTULOSE 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.
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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
Antiprostaglandin 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 3 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antipsoriac 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipsychotic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antipyretic 7 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradiation 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiradicular 14 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antirenitic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antiretinitic Optometry 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinopathic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiretinopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiretinotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatitic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antirhinitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 197.
Antisalmonella 1 Duke, 1992 *