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
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 *

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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
Antitumor	25	Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Bladder)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (brain)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colorectal)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Esophagus)?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (GI)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	8	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.