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Plant Medicago sativa (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Alfalfa; Lucerne
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
Subspecies
sativa
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
SOYASAPOGENOL-E 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPOGENOL-E 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPOGENOL-E 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPOGENOL-F 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.
SOYASAPOGENOL-F 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPOGENOL-F 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPOGENOLS 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.
SOYASAPONIN-I 0 Seed not available 700.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPONIN-I 0 Shoot not available 192.2 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPONIN-VI 0 Seed not available 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SPHINGOSINES 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.
STACHYDRINE 6 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STACHYOSE 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STARCH 5 Plant 11280.0 60000.0 -0.99 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Fruit not available 40.0 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 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.
SUCROSE 14 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS 0 Plant 16920.0 90000.0 -0.25 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
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.