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
QUERCETIN	176	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINIC-ACID	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.
RHAMNOSE	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.
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Plant	2.7	14.2	0.19	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES	7	Shoot	7.0	35.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID	34	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN	0	Plant	5000.0	20000.0	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONINS	5	Plant	5000.0	20000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONINS	5	Seed	not available	3000.0	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONINS	5	Sprout Seedling	1100.0	80000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SATIVAN	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SATIVAN	2	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SATIVANONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SATIVOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SATIVOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SATIVOL	0	Shoot	not available	68.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN	44	Fruit	not available	120.0	1.40	Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN	44	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Leaf	not available	0.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Apoptotic	12	Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor	5	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Artemicide	2	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator	2	Duke, 1992 *
Ascaricide	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent	1	Martindale's 28th
Atherogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
ATPase-Inhibitor	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bacteristat	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardiac	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchoprotectant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bruchifuge	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Bruchiphobe	3	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist	5	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist?	1	Biochimica & Biophysica Acta, 1115: 69, 1991.