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
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Inhibitor	1	Schussler, M., Fricke, U., Nikolov, N., and Holzl, J. 1991. Comparison of the Flavonoids Occurring in Crataegus species and Inhibition of 3',5'-Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate Phosphodiesterase. Plant Medica 57: Suppl Issue 2. p.A-133.
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	42	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	8	Martindale's 28th
Candidistat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Capillarifortificant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Capillarigenic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Capillariprotective	1	Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiac	1	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Cardiodepressant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiomyopathogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective	11	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Catechol-O-Methyltransferase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *