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
HEDERAGENIN	9	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEDERAGENIN	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEDERAGENIN	9	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HENTRIACONTANE	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.
HISTIDINE	7	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.
HYDROGEN-CYANIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXY-PROLINE-BETAINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYFORMONONETIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE	30	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYPOXANTHINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INOSINE	8	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INOSITOL	8	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INVERTASE	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.
IRON	6	Plant	4.9	26.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
ISO-PALMITIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISO-PENTADECANOIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOCYTOSINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	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.
KAEMPFEROL	75	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-7-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSIDE	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.