Plant Trifolium pratense (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
PRUNETIN-4'-O-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PRUNITRIN	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOBAPTIGENIN	3	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOBAPTIGENIN	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOBAPTIGENIN	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOBAPTIGENIN	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOBAPTIGENIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN	44	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RESINS	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
RHAMNOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Flower	0.6	3.3	-0.68	Duke, 1992 *
ROTHINDIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ROTHINDIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID	34	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
SALICYLIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Flower	0.1	0.8	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Leaf	not available	0.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Stem	not available	0.0	-0.43	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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	16	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	17	Duke, 1992 *
Anaphrodisiac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	2	Duke, 1992 *