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
CHRYSOERIOL	7	Shoot	not available	28.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOERIOL-7-DIGLUCURONIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOERIOL-7-GLUCURONIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOERIOL-7-TRIGLUCURONIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID	18	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID	23	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRULLINE	5	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COAGULASE	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.
COBALT	2	Plant	2.0	11.5	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
COUMESTROL	13	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COUMESTROL	13	Plant	10.0	184.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COUMESTROL	13	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COUMESTROL	13	Shoot	5.0	190.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
COUMESTROL	13	Sprout Seedling	5.0	37.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COUMESTROL-O-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	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.
CYCLOARTENOL	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
CYTIDINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-GLYCERO-D-MANNO-OCTULOSE	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.

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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
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
IKK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ileorelaxant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	11	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant	10	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant	2	Duke, 1992 *
iNOS-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge	11	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile	1	Merck 11th Edition
Insulin-Sparing	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Insulinase-Inhibitor	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insulinogenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Insulinotonic	1	J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *