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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SERINE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILICON | 4 | Flower | 0.2 | 1.2 | -0.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SISSOTRIN | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SISSOTRIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SISSOTRIN | 0 | Root | not available | 29.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SISSOTRIN | 0 | Stem | not available | 6.8 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SITOSTEROL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SLAFRAMINE | 4 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| SODIUM | 1 | Flower | 29.0 | 160.0 | -0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SOYASAPOGENOL-B | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SOYASAPOGENOL-C | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SOYASAPOGENOL-D | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SOYASAPOGENOL-E | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SOYASAPOGENOL-F | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SOYASAPOGENOLS | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| SOYASAPONIN-I | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUGARS | 0 | Flower | 21600.0 | 120000.0 | 0.82 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TETRADECAN-1-AL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TETRADECANOIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antitumor-Promoter | 7 | Cancer Research, 48: 5941. |
| Antitussive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitympanitic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiulcer | 15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiulcer? | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiulcerogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiuremic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antivaccinia | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antivaginitic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antivaricose | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antivertigo | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral | 17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antivitiligic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiwrinkle | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antixerophthalmic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anxiolytic | 8 | Internat. J. Oriental Med. 16: 4. |
| AP-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aphrodisiac | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Apifuge | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |