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
Fungistat	3	Duke, 1992 *
Gastroprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Glucogonogenic	1	LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp.
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionigenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Goitrogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
GST-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hematopoietic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Hemolytic	3	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemopoietic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat	4	Duke, 1992 *
Hemostatic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Hepatocarcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatomagenic	1	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective	19	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotropic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide	6	Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Herbicide-Safener	2	Chau (1985) in Purseglove et al. Acta Botanica Sinica, 2.