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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
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiviral 9 *
Anxiolytic 2 Internat. J. Oriental Med. 16: 4.
Apoptotic 5 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 2 *
Arteriodilator 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Ascaricide 1 *
Astringent 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bacteristat 3 Lamikanra, A., Ogundaini, A.O., and Ogungbamila*, F.O. Antibacterial Constituents of Alchornea cordifolia Leaves. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 198.
Beta-Blocker 1 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchodilator 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Bruchiphobe 1 *
Calcium-Antagonist 1 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 2 *
Cancer-Preventive 12 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.