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
MEDICOSIDE-J	0	Root	103.6	104.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MEDICOSIDE-L	0	Root	not available	120.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	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.
MOLYBDENUM	2	Leaf	not available	0.0	-1.04	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Stem	not available	0.0	-0.80	Duke, 1992 *
MUTATOCHROME	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN	34	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	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.
MYRISTONE	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.
MYRSELINOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRSELLINOL	0	Fruit	not available	60.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-6-METHYLAGMATINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOCHROME	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOCHROME	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOXANTHIN	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOXANTHIN	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.
NIACIN	39	Plant	18.0	97.0	0.28	Duke, 1992 *
NICOTIANAMINE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NICOTIANAMINE	1	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONACOSANE	2	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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant	7	Duke, 1992 *
JNK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional	2	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratolytic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lactagogue	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Mar-91.
Larvicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Larvistat	2	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Laxative	6	Duke, 1992 *
Laxative?	2	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Leptingenic	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Leukotriene-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic	2	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.
Lipotropic	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	10	Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Litholytic	2	Martindale's 29th
Lubricant	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lupus-Generating	1	Merck 11th Edition