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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Flower | 137340.0 | 763000.0 | 0.55 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Shoot | not available | 743000.0 | 0.86 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| CHOLINE | 20 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Flower | 0.6 | 3.2 | 0.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ALCOHOL | 3 | Flower | not available | 22.0 | not available | 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 |
| CINNAMIC-ALDEHYDE | 0 | Flower | not available | 19.0 | not available | 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 |
| CINNAMYL-HEXANOATE | 0 | Flower | not available | 14.0 | not available | 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 |
| CIS-BETA-OCIMENE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-BETA-OCIMENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-BETA-OCIMENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-CLOVAMIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| CIS-CLOVAMIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRULLINE | 5 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CLOVAMIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Flower | 0.3 | 1.8 | -0.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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. |