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Common Names
Red Clover; Purple Clover; Peavine Clover; Cowgrass
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| COMT-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Coronary-Dilator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytochrome-P450-1A-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 |