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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Melilotus officinalis (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Yellow Sweetclover
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
3,4-DIHYDROXY-BENZOIC-ALDEHYDE 0 Plant Pharmazie, 46: 156, 1991.
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Shoot *
ACETYLSOYASAPONIN-I 0 Root 9.0 *
AZUKISAPONIN-V 0 Plant *
AZUKISAPONIN-V 0 Shoot *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant Pharmazie, 46: 156, 1991.
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Shoot *
COUMARIC-ACID 0 Plant ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
COUMARIN 57 Flower *
COUMARIN 57 Leaf *
COUMARIN 57 Plant 2000.0 -0.20 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
COUMARIN 57 Shoot 500.0 5400.0 1.00 *
COUMARIN 57 Stem *
DEHYDRO-SOYASAPONIN-I 0 Root 9.0 *
DIOSGENIN 7 Seed 1000.0 -0.71 *
EO 0 Flower 130.0 -0.42 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FAT 0 Seed 19000.0 83000.0 -0.96 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Plant Pharmazie, 46: 156, 1991.
FERULIC-ACID 61 Shoot *
GALACTOMANNAN 0 Seed *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytoprotective 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Dermatitigenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Diaphoretic? 3 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 *
Diuretic 4 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
DME-Inhibitor 1 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 134.
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 1 *
Elastase-Inhibitor 1 *
Emetic 1 *
Estrogenic 4 *
Floral-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Fungicide 12 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 *
Glutathione-Depleting 1 *
Gram(+)icide 1 *
Gram(-)icide 1 *