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
ACETOIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOPHENONE	6	Flower	not available	41.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOPHENONE	6	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AFROMORSIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AFROMORSIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AFROMORSIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE--6''-O-MALONATE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALLANTOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALLANTOIN	12	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-KETO-GLUTARIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Inflorescence	126.0	400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Flower	25.0	137.0	0.68	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE	0	Plant	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.
ARACHIDONIC-ACID	12	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Flower	534.0	2966.0	0.08	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Flower	8100.0	45000.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	not available	41000.0	-0.21	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
ASH	0	Shoot	not available	79000.0	-0.55	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 *