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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
OROBOL-4'-METHYLETHER 0 Plant *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Plant *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
PAEONIDIN 0 Flower *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Pollen Or Spore *
PECTOLINARIGENIN 2 Flower *
PECTOLINARIN 2 Flower 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.
PENT-1-EN-3-ONE 0 Fruit *
PENTADECAN-1-AL 0 Root *
PENTADECANOIC-ACID 1 Pollen Or Spore *
PENTADECENOIC-ACID 0 Pollen Or Spore *
PHASEOLIC-ACID 0 Flower Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
PHASEOLIC-ACID 0 Plant *
PHENOL 26 Flower 49.0 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
PHENYLALANINE 7 Plant *
PHENYLETHYL-ACETATE 0 Flower 46.0 1.28 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
PHOSPHORUS 4 Flower 580.0 3220.0 -0.21 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Shoot 900.0 4500.0 0.50 *
PINITOL 5 Shoot *
PIPECOLIC-ACID 2 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Depressant 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Dermatitigenic 3 *
Detoxicant 4 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Diagnostic 1 Martindale's 28th
Diaphoretic 1 *
Diaphoretic? 3 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 *
Diuretic 14 *
DME-Inhibitor 1 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 134.
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Binder 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 1 *
DOPA-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 *
Dye 2 Merck 11th Edition
Embryotoxic 1 *
Emetic 5 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Encephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Energizer 1 *
Enterocontractant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.