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

Plant Melilotus alba (Fabaceae)

Common Names
White Melilot
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
ASH 0 Seed 41000.0 -0.21 *
CAO 0 Plant 6900.0 -0.76 *
COUMARIC-ACID 0 Plant *
DICUMAROL 3 Plant *
FAT 0 Seed 56000.0 83000.0 -0.96 *
FIBER 15 Plant 113000.0 -0.81 *
FIBER 15 Seed 129000.0 -0.05 *
GLUCOSE 7 Seed 27000.0 0.11 *
K2O 0 Plant 8300.0 -1.41 *
MELILOTIC-ACID 1 Plant *
NITROGEN 0 Plant 8300.0 -0.67 *
O-COUMARIC-ACID 4 Plant *
P2O5 0 Plant 1600.0 -1.38 *
PENTOSANS 0 Seed 81000.0 0.05 *
PROTEIN 0 Plant 45000.0 165000.0 -0.07 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 364000.0 428000.0 1.73 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-RHAMNOSIDE 1 Plant *
RESINS 0 Seed *
ROBINOSIDE 0 Plant *
SAPONINS 5 Root 12000.0 -0.80 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Allelopathic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
Antibacterial 2 (View) *
Anticoagulant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Anticomplementary 1 (View) *
Antidiabetic 1 (View) *
Antidote (Iodine) 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiedemic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatomic 1 (View) *
Antihepatotoxic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antihypertensive 1 (View) *
Antiketotic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antimutagenic 1 (View) *
Antinesidioblastosic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiobesity 1 (View) *
Antitumor 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antitumor (Lung) 1 (View) *
Antitumor (Ovary) 1 (View) *