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
SERINE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Flower	0.2	1.2	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
SISSOTRIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SISSOTRIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SISSOTRIN	0	Root	not available	29.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SISSOTRIN	0	Stem	not available	6.8	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTEROL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SLAFRAMINE	4	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
SODIUM	1	Flower	29.0	160.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPOGENOL-B	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPOGENOL-C	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPOGENOL-D	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPOGENOL-E	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPOGENOL-F	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPOGENOLS	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
SOYASAPONIN-I	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS	0	Flower	21600.0	120000.0	0.82	Duke, 1992 *
TETRADECAN-1-AL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TETRADECANOIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER	0	Root	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
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 *