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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
THIAMIN 31 Flower not available 4.2 -0.32 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
THIAMINE 0 Flower 0.8 4.2 0.94 Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TIN 4 Flower 5.0 25.0 1.44 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-BETA-FARNESENE 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-BETA-FARNESENE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CLOVAMIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIDECAN-1-AL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIDECAN-1-OIC-ACID 0 Pollen Or Spore not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIFOLIAN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIFOLIANOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIFOLIIN 0 Flower not available not available not available 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 not available not available not available 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 not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TRIFOLIRHIZIN 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIFOLIRHIZIN-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant 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
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran? 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiamblyopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 5 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiangiogenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarachidonate 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 3 Duke, 1992 *