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
HEDERAGENIN	9	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEDERAGENIN	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEDERAGENIN	9	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HENTRIACONTANE	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.
HISTIDINE	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
HYDROGEN-CYANIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXY-PROLINE-BETAINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYFORMONONETIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE	30	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYPOXANTHINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INOSINE	8	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INOSITOL	8	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INVERTASE	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.
IRON	6	Plant	4.9	26.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
ISO-PALMITIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISO-PENTADECANOIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOCYTOSINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	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.
KAEMPFEROL	75	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-7-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	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
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).