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

Common Names
Red Clover; Purple Clover; Peavine Clover; Cowgrass
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
3-BUTYLPHTHALIDE 0 Flower 20.0 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 *
3-METHYLQUERCETIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-6''-O-MALONATE 0 Flower *
3-P-COUMAROYLQUININE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
4',5-DIHYDROXY-6,7-METHYLENEDIOXY-ISOFLAVONE 0 Root *
4-METHOXYMEDICARPIN 2 Root *
6-ALPHA-7-DIHYDROXYMAACKIAIN 0 Leaf Diffusate 5.0 *
6-ALPHA-7-DIHYDROXYMEDICARPIN 0 Leaf Diffusate 7.0 *
6-ALPHA-HYDROXYMAACKIAIN 2 Leaf Diffusate 46.0 *
6-ALPHA-HYDROXYMAACKIAIN 2 Plant *
6-ALPHA-HYDROXYMEDICARPIN 6 Leaf *
6-ALPHA-HYDROXYMEDICARPIN 6 Leaf Diffusate 75.0 *
6-ALPHA-HYDROXYMEDICARPIN 6 Plant *
6-ALPHA-METHOXY-MAACKIAIN 0 Leaf *
7-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-5-,7-DIHYDROXY-4'-METHOXYISOFLAVONE 0 Plant *
7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-3-METHOXY-QUERCETIN 0 Plant *
9-O-METHYLCOUMESTROL 0 Sprout Seedling *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Fruit *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Root *
ACETOIN 0 Flower *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 *
Glutathionigenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
GST-Inducer 1 *
Hemolytic 3 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemorrhagic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hemostat 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Hemostatic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hepatocarcinogenic 2 *
Hepatomagenic 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 13 *
Hepatotonic 1 *
Hepatotoxic 2 *
Hepatotropic 1 *
Herbicide 3 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Herbicide-Safener 2 Chau (1985) in Purseglove et al. Acta Botanica Sinica, 2.
Herbistat 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Herpetifuge 1 *
Histamine-Inhibitor 2 *
Histaminic 1 *