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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TANNIN | 35 | Hay | 27000.0 | 28000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Plant | 1.3 | 7.5 | -0.01 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| THIAMINE | 0 | Plant | 0.4 | 1.9 | -0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THREONINE | 4 | 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. |
| TIN | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-CINNAMIC-ACID | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-COUMARIC-ACID | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIACONTAN-1-OL | 1 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIACONTANE | 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. |
| TRIACONTANOL | 3 | 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. |
| TRICIN | 9 | Fruit Juice | not available | 2200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRICIN | 9 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRICIN | 9 | Shoot | not available | 24.4 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRICIN-7-DIGLUCURONIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRICIN-7-GLUCURONIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRICIN-7-TRIGLUCURONIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIFOLIOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIFOLIOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIFOLIOL | 0 | Shoot | not available | 20.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIGALACTOSYL-DIGLYCERIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 58.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| NO-Synthase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nodulation-Signal | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Odontolytic | 1 | Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253. |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 9 | Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19. |
| Osmoregulator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Ovulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Oxidant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Oxidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Oxytocic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ozone-Scavenger | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P21-Inducer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-Inducer | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-Inhibitor | 1 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| PAF-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Parasympathomimetic | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Pectinolytic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Percutaneostimulant | 1 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |
| Perfumery | 5 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Peristaltic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |