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

Common Names

Small-Flowered 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	Plant	85000.0	131000.0	0.18	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Plant	not available	13400.0	-0.02	Duke, 1992 *
CAO	0	Plant	not available	24900.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Plant	643000.0	699000.0	0.17	Duke, 1992 *
CELLOBIOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Plant	17000.0	19000.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Plant	149000.0	294000.0	0.53	Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE	8	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
K2O	0	Plant	not available	15300.0	0.74	Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN	0	Plant	not available	33600.0	0.84	Duke, 1992 *
P2O5	0	Plant	not available	4900.0	0.44	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Plant	not available	3500.0	-0.04	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Plant	153000.0	253000.0	0.65	Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SORBOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	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
Antiviral	1	Abid Ali Khan, M.M., Jain, D.C., Bhakuni, R.S., Zaim, M., and Thakur, R.S. 1991. Occurrence of some antiviral sterols in Artemisia annua. Plant Science, 75: 161-165, 1991.
Anxiolytic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide	1	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Beta-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	2	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	1	Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Cardioprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Febrifuge	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Flatugenic	1	Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994.
Gonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hepatoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hyperglycemic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Hypocholesterolemic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypoglycemic	1	Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic	1	Duke, 1992 *