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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PRUNETIN-4'-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
PRUNITRIN 0 Shoot *
PSEUDOBAPTIGENIN 3 Flower *
PSEUDOBAPTIGENIN 3 Leaf *
PSEUDOBAPTIGENIN 3 Plant *
PSEUDOBAPTIGENIN 3 Root *
PSEUDOBAPTIGENIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root *
QUERCETIN 176 Flower *
QUERCITRIN 44 Flower *
RESIN 0 Plant *
RESINS 0 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
RHAMNOSE 0 Plant *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Flower 0.6 3.3 -0.68 *
ROTHINDIN 0 Flower *
ROTHINDIN 0 Leaf *
SALICYLIC-ACID 34 Flower 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 *
SELENIUM 60 Flower 0.1 0.8 -0.70 *
SELENIUM 60 Leaf 0.0 -0.38 *
SELENIUM 60 Stem 0.0 -0.43 *
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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 *
Hypotensive 17 *
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 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 1 *
Ileorelaxant 1 *
Immunomodulator 10 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 12 *
Immunosuppressant 1 Martindale's 29th
iNOS-Inhibitor 2 *