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

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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
MAACKIANIN-3-O-BETA-D-GALACTOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Flower	628.0	3490.0	0.49	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Hay	2400.0	8100.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
MALTOL	11	Flower	not available	140.0	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
MALTOSE	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALVIDIN	6	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Flower	1.0	5.9	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Hay	25.0	464.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
MARGARIC-ACID	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MEDICAGOL	3	Flower	not available	not available	not available	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.
MEDICAGOL	3	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MEDICARPIN	13	Leaf Diffusate	10.0	45.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MEDICARPIN	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MEDICARPIN	13	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MEDICARPIN-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MELILOTIC-ACID	1	Plant	not available	7060.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ANTHRALINATE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-CINNAMATE	5	Flower	not available	15.0	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
METHYL-N-METHYL-ANTHRALINATE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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 *