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
COPPER	12	Hay	7.0	18.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COUMARIN	57	Flower	not available	22.0	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
COUMESTROL	13	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
COUMESTROL	13	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COUMESTROL	13	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DAIDZEIN	32	Flower	not available	461.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DAIDZEIN	32	Leaf	not available	349.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
DAIDZEIN	32	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DAIDZEIN	32	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DAIDZEIN	32	Stem	not available	334.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
DAIDZEN	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DAIDZEN-GLYCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DAIDZIN	10	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DAIDZIN	10	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECANOIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECYL-ACETATE	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEMETHYL-HOMOPTEROCARPIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEMETHYLPTEROCARPAN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.

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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 *