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
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 *

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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).