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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
THIAMIN 31 Flower 4.2 -0.32 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
THIAMINE 0 Flower 0.8 4.2 0.94 *
THREONINE 4 Plant *
TIN 4 Flower 5.0 25.0 1.44 *
TRANS-BETA-FARNESENE 2 Fruit *
TRANS-BETA-FARNESENE 2 Leaf *
TRANS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Flower *
TRANS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Fruit *
TRANS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Leaf *
TRANS-CLOVAMIDE 0 Flower Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
TRANS-CLOVAMIDE 0 Leaf *
TRIDECAN-1-AL 0 Root *
TRIDECAN-1-OIC-ACID 0 Pollen Or Spore *
TRIFOLIAN 0 Root *
TRIFOLIANOL 0 Plant *
TRIFOLIIN 0 Flower Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
TRIFOLIN 2 Leaf Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
TRIFOLIRHIZIN 2 Flower ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TRIFOLIRHIZIN 2 Root *
TRIFOLIRHIZIN-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
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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 *
Antineuralgic 3 *
Antineuramidase 1 *
Antineurasthenic 1 *
Antineuritic 1 *
Antineuroblastomic 1 *
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 *
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 *
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic 1 *
Antiobesity 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.