Plant Trifolium pratense (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Red Clover; Purple Clover; Peavine Clover; Cowgrass

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

Select a Results View:

Download these results as:

CSV

EXCEL

PDF

List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
3-BUTYLPHTHALIDE	0	Flower	not available	20.0	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
3-METHYLQUERCETIN	4	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYLQUERCETIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-6''-O-MALONATE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-P-COUMAROYLQUININE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
4',5-DIHYDROXY-6,7-METHYLENEDIOXY-ISOFLAVONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-METHOXYMEDICARPIN	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-ALPHA-7-DIHYDROXYMAACKIAIN	0	Leaf Diffusate	not available	5.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-ALPHA-7-DIHYDROXYMEDICARPIN	0	Leaf Diffusate	not available	7.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-ALPHA-HYDROXYMAACKIAIN	2	Leaf Diffusate	not available	46.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-ALPHA-HYDROXYMAACKIAIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-ALPHA-HYDROXYMEDICARPIN	6	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-ALPHA-HYDROXYMEDICARPIN	6	Leaf Diffusate	not available	75.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-ALPHA-HYDROXYMEDICARPIN	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-ALPHA-METHOXY-MAACKIAIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-5-,7-DIHYDROXY-4'-METHOXYISOFLAVONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-3-METHOXY-QUERCETIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
9-O-METHYLCOUMESTROL	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID	16	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID	16	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

Download these results as:

CSV

EXCEL

PDF

List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Enterorelaxant	1	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
ER-Beta-Binder	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Essential	8	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogen-Agonist	3	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 139.1999.
Estrogenic	13	Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant	5	Duke, 1992 *
Fatal	1	Martindale's 29th
Febrifuge	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
FEMA	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fibrinolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Flatulent	2	Duke, 1992 *
FLavor	21	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide	32	Duke, 1992 *
Fungiphilic	1	J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283.
Fungistat	4	Duke, 1992 *
GABA-nergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gastroprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *