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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COPPER | 12 | Hay | 7.0 | 18.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COUMARIN | 57 | 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 |
| COUMESTROL | 13 | 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. |
| COUMESTROL | 13 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COUMESTROL | 13 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYANIDIN | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DAIDZEIN | 32 | Flower | not available | 461.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DAIDZEIN | 32 | Leaf | not available | 349.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DAIDZEIN | 32 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DAIDZEIN | 32 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DAIDZEIN | 32 | Stem | not available | 334.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DAIDZEN | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DAIDZEN-GLYCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DAIDZIN | 10 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DAIDZIN | 10 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DECANOIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DECYL-ACETATE | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELPHINIDIN | 9 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DEMETHYL-HOMOPTEROCARPIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DEMETHYLPTEROCARPAN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 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 * |