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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
MEDICAGENIC-ACID-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MEDICAGENIC-ACID-3-O-TRIGLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MEDICAGO-GUCURONOXYLAN 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MEDICAGOL 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MEDICAGOL 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MEDICAGOL 3 Shoot not available 6.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
MEDICANINE 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MEDICARPIN 13 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MEDICARPIN 13 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MEDICARPIN 13 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MEDICARPIN 13 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MEDICARPIN-3-O-GLYCOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MEDICARPIN-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root 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.
MEDICOSIDE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MEDICOSIDE-A 0 Root not available 48.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MEDICOSIDE-C 0 Root 20.0 100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MEDICOSIDE-D 0 Root not available 6060.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
MEDICOSIDE-G 0 Root 0.0 132.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MEDICOSIDE-H 0 Root not available 51.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MEDICOSIDE-I 0 Root not available 231.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitussive 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitympanitic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiulcer 14 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer? 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiuremic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiuricosuric 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antivaricose 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 21 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiwrinkle 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic 9 Internat. J. Oriental Med. 16: 4.
AP-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aphicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac 1 Duke, 1992 *