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
ACETOIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOPHENONE	6	Flower	not available	41.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOPHENONE	6	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AFROMORSIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AFROMORSIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AFROMORSIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE--6''-O-MALONATE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALLANTOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALLANTOIN	12	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-KETO-GLUTARIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Inflorescence	126.0	400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Flower	25.0	137.0	0.68	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
ARACHIDONIC-ACID	12	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Flower	534.0	2966.0	0.08	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Flower	8100.0	45000.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	not available	41000.0	-0.21	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
ASH	0	Shoot	not available	79000.0	-0.55	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).