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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
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
PRUNETIN-4'-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PRUNITRIN 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOBAPTIGENIN 3 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOBAPTIGENIN 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOBAPTIGENIN 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOBAPTIGENIN 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOBAPTIGENIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN 44 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RESINS 0 Plant 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.
RHAMNOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Flower 0.6 3.3 -0.68 Duke, 1992 *
ROTHINDIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ROTHINDIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID 34 Flower 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.
SALICYLIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Flower 0.1 0.8 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Leaf not available 0.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Stem not available 0.0 -0.43 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 *