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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRIFOLITIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIFOSIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIFOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIFOSIDE-6''-O-MALONATE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIFOSIDE-6''-O-MALONATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRYPTOPHAN | 29 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| UNDEC-1-ENE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALINE | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VARIABILIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Flower | not available | 820000.0 | 0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| XYLOSE | 3 | 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. |
| ZINC | 77 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiprogestational | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antiprolactin | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiproliferant | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiproliferative | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostaglandin | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostanoid | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostatadenomic | 3 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiprostatitic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipruritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipsittacotic | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Antipsoriac | 5 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antipsoriatic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antipsychotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antipurpuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipyretic | 5 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antipyruvetic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiradicular | 14 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| AntiRaynaud's | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiretardation | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiretinopathic | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |