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Plant 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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
TRIFOLITIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIFOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIFOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIFOSIDE-6''-O-MALONATE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIFOSIDE-6''-O-MALONATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
TYROSINE 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UNDEC-1-ENE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VARIABILIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Flower not available 820000.0 0.05 Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE 3 Plant not available not available not available Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
ZINC 77 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant 4 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diagnostic 1 Martindale's 28th
Diaphoretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic? 3 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic 14 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
DOPA-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Dye 2 Merck 11th Edition
Embryotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Enterocontractant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.