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Plant Melilotus officinalis (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Yellow Sweetclover
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
P-HYDROXYPHENYLLACTIC-ACID 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 128000.0 416000.0 1.62 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTOCATECHUALDEHYDE 1 Plant not available not available not available Pharmazie, 46: 156, 1991.
PROTOCATECHUALDEHYDE 1 Shoot not available 50.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
SALICYLIC-ACID 34 Plant not available not available not available Pharmazie, 46: 156, 1991.
SALICYLIC-ACID 34 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAPOGENINS 0 Leaf not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
SAPONINS 5 Leaf not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPOGENOL-B 0 Shoot not available 250.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPOGENOL-E 0 Shoot not available 13.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPONIN-I 0 Root not available 200.0 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIC-ACID 6 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Shoot 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
Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
P450-Inducer 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
P450-Inhibitor 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 15 Duke, 1992 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 4 Planta Medica, 56(6): 671, 1990.
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phytoalexin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Piscicide 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Preservative 1 Merck 11th Edition
Proliferant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 1 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide 1 Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A., Cedillo-Rivera, R. 1999. Antiprotozoal Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytotherapy Research, 13(2): 102-105.
PTK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 4 Duke, 1992 *