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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAIDZEIN | 32 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DAIDZEIN | 32 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DAIDZEN | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| DAPHNORETIN | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DEHYDRO-SOYASAPONIN-I | 0 | Shoot | not available | 20.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIOSGENIN | 7 | Seed | not available | 1000.0 | -0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EREPSIN | 0 | 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. |
| ESCULETIN | 30 | Fruit | not available | 140.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESCULETIN | 30 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FAT | 0 | Plant | 8084.0 | 43000.0 | -0.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 101000.0 | 123000.0 | -0.75 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FERREDOXINS | 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. |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Plant | 31000.0 | 423000.0 | 1.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Seed | 81000.0 | 91732.0 | -0.34 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| FIBER(CRUDE) | 0 | Plant | not available | 210000.0 | 1.96 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(DIETARY) | 0 | Plant | not available | 423000.0 | 0.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLAVOXANTHIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FOLACIN | 15 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antianxiety | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiaphthic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiapoptotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarabiflavinotic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiarrhythmic | 10 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiarteriosclerotic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarthritic | 13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthenic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiasthmatic | 9 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiasthmatic? | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatherogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatheromic | 1 | Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990. |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiautistic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antibackache | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antibacterial | 28 | Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994. |
| Antiberiberi | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiBPH | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibronchitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibronchoconstrictor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |