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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 * |