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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDICAGENIC-ACID-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MEDICAGENIC-ACID-3-O-TRIGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| MEDICAGO-GUCURONOXYLAN | 0 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MEDICAGOL | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MEDICAGOL | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MEDICAGOL | 3 | Shoot | not available | 6.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MEDICANINE | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MEDICARPIN | 13 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MEDICARPIN | 13 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MEDICARPIN | 13 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MEDICARPIN | 13 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MEDICARPIN-3-O-GLYCOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MEDICARPIN-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Root | 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. |
| MEDICOSIDE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MEDICOSIDE-A | 0 | Root | not available | 48.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MEDICOSIDE-C | 0 | Root | 20.0 | 100.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MEDICOSIDE-D | 0 | Root | not available | 6060.6 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MEDICOSIDE-G | 0 | Root | 0.0 | 132.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MEDICOSIDE-H | 0 | Root | not available | 51.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MEDICOSIDE-I | 0 | Root | not available | 231.2 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Musculotropic | 4 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Mutagenic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mycobactericide | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myocardiotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myorelaxant | 8 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NADH-Ubiquinone-Oxidoreductase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Narcotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Natriuretic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nematicide | 8 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Nematistat | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Neoplastic | 1 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| NEP-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neuroprotective | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neurotoxic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Neurotransmitter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NF-kB-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Genic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Scavenger | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |