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
BORON	4	Plant	17.0	45.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Stem	not available	14.0	-1.24	Duke, 1992 *
BUTANONE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Plant	1690.0	8990.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CANALINE	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CANANAVANINE	0	Seed	not available	6000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CANAVANINE	14	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPROIC-ACID	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Plant	123704.0	658000.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Seed	401000.0	454135.0	-0.28	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CAULOSAPONIN-B	0	Root	not available	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CEREBROSIDES	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.
CHLOROPHYLL	21	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.
CHLOROPHYLLIDE-A	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
CHOLINE	20	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Shoot	not available	1710.0	1.52	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Plant	0.2	0.9	-0.78	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Uterosedative	2	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Uterotrophic	6	Duke, 1992 *
UV-Screen	2	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
VAM-Simulant	1	Chau (1985) in Purseglove et al. Acta Botanica Sinica, 2.
VAM-Stimulant	1	Chau (1985) in Purseglove et al. Acta Botanica Sinica, 2.
Varroacide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasoactive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	15	Duke, 1992 *
Vasoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vitamin-A-Activity	3	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	9	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).