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
ANTHOCYANINS	30	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.
APIGENIN	101	Shoot	not available	70.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APS-SULFOTRANSFERASE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Plant	276.0	1470.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Plant	18800.0	100000.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	44000.0	49830.0	0.06	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASPARAGINE	2	Seed	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.
AUROXANTHIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AUROXANTHIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AZUKISAPONIN-II	0	Shoot	not available	5.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AZUKISAPONIN-V	0	Shoot	not available	20.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BAYOGENIN	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOYL-(S),(-)-MALIC-ACID	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.
BENZOYLMESOTARTARIC-ACID	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.
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Fruit	not available	15.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Plant	not available	not available	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
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.