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
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 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Anticephalagic	6	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCFS	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	5	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antichorea	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antichoreic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlastogen	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlaudificant?	1	Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric	5	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Anticoagulant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th
Anticold	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticollegenase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticomplementary	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	4	Duke, 1992 *
Anticorneotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.