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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TANNIN | 35 | Hay | 27000.0 | 28000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Plant | 1.3 | 7.5 | -0.01 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| THIAMINE | 0 | Plant | 0.4 | 1.9 | -0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THREONINE | 4 | 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. |
| TIN | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-CINNAMIC-ACID | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-COUMARIC-ACID | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIACONTAN-1-OL | 1 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIACONTANE | 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. |
| TRIACONTANOL | 3 | 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. |
| TRICIN | 9 | Fruit Juice | not available | 2200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRICIN | 9 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRICIN | 9 | Shoot | not available | 24.4 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRICIN-7-DIGLUCURONIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRICIN-7-GLUCURONIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRICIN-7-TRIGLUCURONIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIFOLIOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIFOLIOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIFOLIOL | 0 | Shoot | not available | 20.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIGALACTOSYL-DIGLYCERIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 58.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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. |