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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Trifolium pratense (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Red Clover; Purple Clover; Peavine Clover; Cowgrass
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
IRILONE 4 Root *
IRILONE-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
IRILONE-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-6''-O-MALONATE 0 Flower *
IRILONE-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-6''-O-MALONATE 0 Leaf *
IRILONE-4'-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root *
IROLONE 3 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
IRON 6 Flower *
IRON 6 Shoot 10.0 1850.0 1.81 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ISOCHANIN-A 0 Leaf *
ISOFLAVONES 0 Flower 1209.0 *
ISOFLAVONES 0 Leaf 1067.0 *
ISOFLAVONES 0 Stem 744.0 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Plant *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Flower *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Leaf *
ISOQUERCITRIN-6''-O-MALONATE 0 Flower *
ISOQUERCITRIN-6''-O-MALONATE 0 Leaf *
ISORHAMNETIN 11 Flower ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ISORHAMNETIN 11 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ISORHAMNETIN-GLYCOSIDE 0 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
COMT-Inhibitor 1 *
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Copper-Chelator 2 *
Coronary-Dilator 1 *
Cosmetic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant 1 Merck 11th Edition
COX-1-Inhibitor 3 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 7 Newmark, T. M. and Schulick, P. 2000. Herbal Cox-2 Inhibition - Nature's Challenge to Arthritis, Cancer & Alzheimer's Disease. Hohm Press, Prescott AZ.
Culicide 1 *
Cyclooxygenase-Activator 2 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 3 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.
Cytoprotective 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.
Cytotoxic 9 *
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Dentifrice 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th