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
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 *

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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
Proliferant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant	4	Duke, 1992 *
Propecic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer	1	Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	4	Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide	1	Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A., Cedillo-Rivera, R. 1999. Antiprotozoal Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytotherapy Research, 13(2): 102-105.
Psychotropic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
PTK-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Pyrogenic	1	Conradson, T. B. G., Dixon, C. M. S., Clarke, B., Barnes, P. J. 1987. Cardiovascular Effects of Infused Adenosine in Man: Potentiation by Dipyridamole. Acta Physiol Scand, 129(3): 387-391.
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	9	Duke, 1992 *
Radioprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Refrigerant	1	Martindale's 28th
Renotoxic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Respirastimulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Retinoprotectant Optometry	1	Duke, 1992 *
Secretomotor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	9	Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Serotoninergic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).