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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOCOSENOIC-ACID | 0 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DODECADIENOIC-ACID | 0 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DODECAN-1-AL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DODECYL-ACETATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Flower | not available | 1700.0 | -0.37 | 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 |
| ESTRAGOLE | 12 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-CINNAMATE | 2 | Flower | not available | 25.0 | -1.00 | 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 |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER | 5 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Flower | 6480.0 | 36000.0 | -0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | not available | 85000.0 | -0.95 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
| FAT | 0 | Shoot | 11000.0 | 36000.0 | -0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Flower | not available | 99000.0 | -0.40 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| FIBER | 15 | Shoot | 77000.0 | 301000.0 | 1.37 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(CRUDE) | 0 | Flower | not available | 99000.0 | 1.08 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(DIETARY) | 0 | Flower | not available | 360000.0 | 0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLAVANOIDS | 0 | Hay | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FORMONONETIN | 16 | Flower | not available | 391.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FORMONONETIN | 16 | Leaf | 270.0 | 2470.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FORMONONETIN | 16 | Plant | 800.0 | 7000.0 | 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. |