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Common Names
Alfalfa; Lucerne
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
Subspecies
sativa
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAIDZEIN | 32 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DAIDZEIN | 32 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DAIDZEN | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| DAPHNORETIN | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DEHYDRO-SOYASAPONIN-I | 0 | Shoot | not available | 20.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIOSGENIN | 7 | Seed | not available | 1000.0 | -0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EREPSIN | 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. |
| ESCULETIN | 30 | Fruit | not available | 140.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESCULETIN | 30 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FAT | 0 | Plant | 8084.0 | 43000.0 | -0.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 101000.0 | 123000.0 | -0.75 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FERREDOXINS | 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. |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Plant | 31000.0 | 423000.0 | 1.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Seed | 81000.0 | 91732.0 | -0.34 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| FIBER(CRUDE) | 0 | Plant | not available | 210000.0 | 1.96 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(DIETARY) | 0 | Plant | not available | 423000.0 | 0.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLAVOXANTHIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FOLACIN | 15 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiemetic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiencephalitic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiencephalopathic | 5 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiencephalopathic? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiendoccytotic | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Antiendometriotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiendotoxic | 1 | Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006. |
| Antienteritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antienterotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiepileptic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiepitheleomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiescherichic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiesophagitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiestrogenic | 6 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antifatigue | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifeedant | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifertility | 4 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifibrinolytic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53. |
| Antifibromyalgic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrosarcomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |