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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOR-SPERMIDINE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 15.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NOR-SPERMINE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 98.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTACOSANOL | 6 | 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. |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ONONIN | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OXALIC | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OXALIC-ACID | 9 | 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. |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | 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. |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANTOTHENIC | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANTOTHENIC-ACID | 11 | Plant | 2.0 | 18.0 | -0.69 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| PECTIN | 24 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PECTIN-METHYL-ESTERASE | 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. |
| PECTINASE | 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. |
| PENTANAL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PEROXIDASE | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Herbistat | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| HIF-1alpha-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Histamine-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Histaminic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Histidine-Kinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| HIV-RT-Inhibitor | 2 | Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991. |
| Hormonal | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hydrocholerectic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypercholesterolemic | 4 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Hyperglycemic | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hypertensive | 3 | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| Hyperuricemic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Hypnotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hypoammonemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypoarginanemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 24 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypolipidemic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 17 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |