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
CHRYSOERIOL	7	Shoot	not available	28.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOERIOL-7-DIGLUCURONIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOERIOL-7-GLUCURONIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOERIOL-7-TRIGLUCURONIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID	18	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID	23	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRULLINE	5	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COAGULASE	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.
COBALT	2	Plant	2.0	11.5	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
COUMESTROL	13	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COUMESTROL	13	Plant	10.0	184.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COUMESTROL	13	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COUMESTROL	13	Shoot	5.0	190.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
COUMESTROL	13	Sprout Seedling	5.0	37.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COUMESTROL-O-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	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.
CYCLOARTENOL	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	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.
CYTIDINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-GLYCERO-D-MANNO-OCTULOSE	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.

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Anticoronary	7	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's	3	Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticystinuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff	3	A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp.
Antideafness	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidecubitic	5	Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia	8	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant	12	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidermatitic	9	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidermatitic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidermatotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic	17	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic?	2	Martindale's 29th
Antidiarrheic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antidipsomanic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiscotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiuretic	1	LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp.