Plant Trifolium pratense (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Red Clover; Purple Clover; Peavine Clover; Cowgrass

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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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
METHYL-SALICYLATE	21	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Stem	0.1	0.2	-0.75	Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN	34	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRICYL-ALCOHOL	0	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.
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTOLEIC-ACID	1	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEPTACOSANE	0	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.
NIACIN	39	Flower	23.0	125.0	0.30	Duke, 1992 *
OCIMENE	2	Flower	not available	12.0	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
OCT-1-EN-3-OL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCT-1-EN-3-OL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCT-1-EN-3-OL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-3-ONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ONONIN	2	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ONONIN	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ONONIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ONONIN	2	Root	not available	49.0	-0.76	Duke, 1992 *
ONONIN	2	Stem	not available	31.0	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
Apoptotic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor	4	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Artemicide	1	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Ascaricide	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent	1	Martindale's 28th
ATPase-Inhibitor	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Autotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bacteristat	2	Duke, 1992 *
Barbituate-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardiac	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchoprotectant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bruchiphobe	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	9	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).