Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Medicago sativa (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Alfalfa, Lucerne
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
Subspecies
sativa

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
FOLIC-ACID 23 Plant *
FORMONONETIN 16 Leaf *
FORMONONETIN 16 Plant *
FORMONONETIN 16 Root *
FORMONONETIN 16 Shoot *
FORMONONETIN-7-O-(6''-O-MALONYL-GLUCOSIDE) 0 Root *
FORMONONETIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
FRUCTOSE 8 Plant *
FUMARIC-ACID 7 Plant ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
GALACTOMANNAN 0 Seed *
GALACTOSE 1 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
GENISTEIN 81 Leaf *
GENISTEIN 81 Plant *
GENISTEIN 81 Shoot *
GERANIOL 35 Leaf *
GLUCOSE 7 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
GLUCURONIC-ACID 4 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
GLYCINE-BETAINE 0 Leaf *
GUANINE 1 Plant *
GUANOSINE 0 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticephalagic 6 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 5 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCFS 3 (View) *
Anticheilitic 5 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholinergic 1 (View) *
Antichorea 1 (View) *
Antichoreic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic 3 (View) *
Anticlastogen 1 (View) *
Anticlaudificant? 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric 5 (View) Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Anticoagulant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Anticoeliac 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 (View) *
Anticolitic 3 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticollegenase 1 (View) *
Anticomplementary 3 (View) *
Anticonvulsant 4 (View) *
Anticorneotic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.