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

Common Names
Red Clover; Purple Clover; Peavine Clover; Cowgrass
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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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
3-BUTYLPHTHALIDE 0 Flower 20.0 Buchnauer,G.,Jirovetz,L.,Nikiforov,A.1996.Comparative Investigation of Essential Clover Flower Oils from Austria Using Gas Chromatography-Flame Ionization Detection,Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectometry,and Gas Chrom.-Olfactometry.J.Agrc.Food Chem.44:1827-8
3-METHYLQUERCETIN 4 Flower *
3-METHYLQUERCETIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-6''-O-MALONATE 0 Flower *
3-P-COUMAROYLQUININE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
4',5-DIHYDROXY-6,7-METHYLENEDIOXY-ISOFLAVONE 0 Root *
4-METHOXYMEDICARPIN 2 Root *
6-ALPHA-7-DIHYDROXYMAACKIAIN 0 Leaf Diffusate 5.0 *
6-ALPHA-7-DIHYDROXYMEDICARPIN 0 Leaf Diffusate 7.0 *
6-ALPHA-HYDROXYMAACKIAIN 2 Leaf Diffusate 46.0 *
6-ALPHA-HYDROXYMAACKIAIN 2 Plant *
6-ALPHA-HYDROXYMEDICARPIN 6 Leaf *
6-ALPHA-HYDROXYMEDICARPIN 6 Leaf Diffusate 75.0 *
6-ALPHA-HYDROXYMEDICARPIN 6 Plant *
6-ALPHA-METHOXY-MAACKIAIN 0 Leaf *
7-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-5-,7-DIHYDROXY-4'-METHOXYISOFLAVONE 0 Plant *
7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-3-METHOXY-QUERCETIN 0 Plant *
9-O-METHYLCOUMESTROL 0 Sprout Seedling *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Fruit *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Root *
ACETOIN 0 Flower *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 *
17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 *
Abortifacient 2 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Acaricide 5 *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 16 *
Allelochemic 9 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allergenic 16 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 *
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 17 *
Anaphrodisiac 1 *
Androgenic 2 *