Plant Melilotus alba (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

White Melilot

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
ASH	0	Seed	not available	41000.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
CAO	0	Plant	not available	6900.0	-0.76	Duke, 1992 *
COUMARIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DICUMAROL	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	56000.0	83000.0	-0.96	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Plant	not available	113000.0	-0.81	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	not available	129000.0	-0.05	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Seed	not available	27000.0	0.11	Duke, 1992 *
K2O	0	Plant	not available	8300.0	-1.41	Duke, 1992 *
MELILOTIC-ACID	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN	0	Plant	not available	8300.0	-0.67	Duke, 1992 *
O-COUMARIC-ACID	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P2O5	0	Plant	not available	1600.0	-1.38	Duke, 1992 *
PENTOSANS	0	Seed	not available	81000.0	0.05	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Plant	45000.0	165000.0	-0.07	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	364000.0	428000.0	1.73	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-RHAMNOSIDE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RESINS	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ROBINOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONINS	5	Root	not available	12000.0	-0.80	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Anticomplementary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Iodine)	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiedemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antihypertensive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiketotic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antimutagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinesidioblastosic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiobesity	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antitumor (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	1	Duke, 1992 *