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
HEXADECANOIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXADECENOIC-ACID	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-2-ONE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXANOL	3	Flower	not available	27.0	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
HISTIDINE	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HOMOPISATIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HOMOPTEROCARPIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HOMOPTEROCARPIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HOMOSERINE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE	30	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE	30	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE	30	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INERMIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INERMIN-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IONONE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRILONE	4	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRILONE	4	Leaf	not available	not available	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
cAMP-Inhibitor	1	Schussler, M., Fricke, U., Nikolov, N., and Holzl, J. 1991. Comparison of the Flavonoids Occurring in Crataegus species and Inhibition of 3',5'-Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate Phosphodiesterase. Plant Medica 57: Suppl Issue 2. p.A-133.
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	43	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	9	Martindale's 28th
Candidistat	2	Duke, 1992 *
Capillarifortificant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Capillarigenic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Capillariprotective	1	Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic?	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Cardiodepressant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiomyopathogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective	12	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Carminative	3	Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Catechol-O-Methyltransferase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cerebrotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *