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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Histidine-Kinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| HIV-RT-Inhibitor | 2 | Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991. |
| Hypercholesterolemic | 3 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| Hyperglycemic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hypertensive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypnotic | 4 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypoammonemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypoarginanemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 16 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 12 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |
| Hypolipidemic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypothermic | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypouricemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ICAM-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ileorelaxant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 10 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Immunostimulant | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunosuppressant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| iNOS-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |