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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
GALLIC-ACID 62 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENTISIC-ACID 8 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROCOUMARIN 0 Plant not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
KAEMPFEROL 75 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
KAEMPFEROL 75 Shoot not available 12.5 -0.76 Duke, 1992 *
MEDICARPIN 13 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MELILOTIC-ACID 1 Plant not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MELILOTIC-ACID 1 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MELILOTIC-ACID-ESTER 0 Plant not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MELILOTIGENIN 0 Inflorescence not available 62.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
MELILOTIN 1 Leaf not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
MELILOTOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
MYRICETIN 34 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
O-COUMARIC-ACID 4 Plant not available not available not available Pharmazie, 46: 156, 1991.
O-COUMARIC-ACID 4 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Leaf not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Plant not available not available not available Pharmazie, 46: 156, 1991.
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXYPHENYLACETIC-ACID 0 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
Antipyretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular 8 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antirheumatic 2 Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Antisarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antiserotonin 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antisickling 1 Planta Medica, 56(6): 681, 1990.
Antispasmodic 6 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 73.
Antistaphylococcic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistreptococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistress 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisunburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiTGF-beta 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithiamin 2 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antithyroid 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitoxoplasmotic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antitrypanosomic 1 Duke, 1992 *