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Common Names
Red Clover; Purple Clover; Peavine Clover; Cowgrass
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-BUTYLPHTHALIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | 20.0 | not available | 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 | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3-METHYLQUERCETIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-6''-O-MALONATE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3-P-COUMAROYLQUININE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 4',5-DIHYDROXY-6,7-METHYLENEDIOXY-ISOFLAVONE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-METHOXYMEDICARPIN | 2 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 6-ALPHA-7-DIHYDROXYMAACKIAIN | 0 | Leaf Diffusate | not available | 5.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 6-ALPHA-7-DIHYDROXYMEDICARPIN | 0 | Leaf Diffusate | not available | 7.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 6-ALPHA-HYDROXYMAACKIAIN | 2 | Leaf Diffusate | not available | 46.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 6-ALPHA-HYDROXYMAACKIAIN | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 6-ALPHA-HYDROXYMEDICARPIN | 6 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 6-ALPHA-HYDROXYMEDICARPIN | 6 | Leaf Diffusate | not available | 75.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 6-ALPHA-HYDROXYMEDICARPIN | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 6-ALPHA-METHOXY-MAACKIAIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 7-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-5-,7-DIHYDROXY-4'-METHOXYISOFLAVONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-3-METHOXY-QUERCETIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 9-O-METHYLCOUMESTROL | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETIC-ACID | 16 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETIC-ACID | 16 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETOIN | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antimutagenic | 18 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235. |
| Antimyalgic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antimycoplasmotic | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Antimyocarditic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199. |
| Antinephritic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antinephrolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuralgic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuramidase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineurasthenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuroblastomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuropathic | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antineurotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| AntiNF-kB | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosaminic | 4 | Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18. |
| Antinitrosating | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antinociceptive | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antinyctalopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiobesity | 6 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |