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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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 * |