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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDICAGENIC-ACID-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MEDICAGENIC-ACID-3-O-TRIGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| MEDICAGO-GUCURONOXYLAN | 0 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MEDICAGOL | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MEDICAGOL | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MEDICAGOL | 3 | Shoot | not available | 6.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MEDICANINE | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MEDICARPIN | 13 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MEDICARPIN | 13 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MEDICARPIN | 13 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MEDICARPIN | 13 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MEDICARPIN-3-O-GLYCOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MEDICARPIN-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Root | 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. |
| MEDICOSIDE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MEDICOSIDE-A | 0 | Root | not available | 48.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MEDICOSIDE-C | 0 | Root | 20.0 | 100.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MEDICOSIDE-D | 0 | Root | not available | 6060.6 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MEDICOSIDE-G | 0 | Root | 0.0 | 132.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MEDICOSIDE-H | 0 | Root | not available | 51.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MEDICOSIDE-I | 0 | Root | not available | 231.2 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antifibrositic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antifibrotic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 5 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195. |
| Antifuruncular | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antigallstone | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastric | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastritic | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigingivitic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiglossitic | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiglycosuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigonadotrophic | 2 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigonadotropic | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antigout | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigranular | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigranulocytopenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiGTF | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihalitosic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihangover | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |