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Plant Trifolium pratense (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Red Clover; Purple Clover; Peavine Clover; Cowgrass
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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 *
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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
Antiretinotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscoliotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 19 Martindale's 28th
Antiserotonin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antishock 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antisickling 2 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antisilicotic 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antisinusitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antispare-Tire 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
Antispasmodic 20 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antispastic 1 Martindale's 28th