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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Chemopreventive	7	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cholagogue	2	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic	7	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.
Cholesterolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cholinergic	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Circulotonic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active	2	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant	6	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Paralytic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Sedative	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
CNS-Stimulant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Co-carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Coagulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing	2	Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Colorant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedolytic	2	Martindale's 29th
COMP-Inhibitor	1	Dullo, A. G., et al. 1999. Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, 70: 1040-1045.