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Common Names
Alfalfa; Lucerne
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
Subspecies
sativa
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-0-METHYLCOUMESTROL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-AMINO-BUTYRIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| 7,5'-DIHYDROXY-2',3',4'-TRIMETHOXYISOFLAVAN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 7-HYDROXY-2',3',4-TRIMETHOXYISOFLAVAN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 8-METHOXYCOUMESTROL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 9-O-METHYLCOUMESTROL | 0 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETONE | 3 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ADENINE | 11 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ADENOSINE | 28 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AESCULETIN | 32 | Fruit | not available | 140.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AESCULETIN | 32 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALFALFONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALFALONE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-CRYPTOXANTHIN | 2 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-SPINASTEROL | 2 | Fruit | not available | 37.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-SPINASTEROL | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL | 32 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL | 32 | Plant | 26.0 | 257.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Plant | 25.0 | 135.0 | -0.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AMYLASE | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Energizer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Enterocontractant | 1 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 22. |
| Epidermal-Stimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ER-Beta-Binder | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ergogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Erythrocytogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Essential | 9 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Estrogen-Agonist | 3 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 139.1999. |
| Estrogenic | 13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ethanolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Expectorant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fatal | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Flatugenic | 2 | Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994. |
| Flatulent | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLavor | 10 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fungiphilic | 1 | J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283. |