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

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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
HEXADECANOIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXADECENOIC-ACID	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-2-ONE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXANOL	3	Flower	not available	27.0	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
HISTIDINE	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HOMOPISATIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HOMOPTEROCARPIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HOMOPTEROCARPIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HOMOSERINE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE	30	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE	30	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE	30	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INERMIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INERMIN-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IONONE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRILONE	4	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRILONE	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Inotropic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	7	Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge	16	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile	4	Merck 11th Edition
Insulinase-Inhibitor	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic	5	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Insulinotonic	1	J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant	10	Duke, 1992 *
JNK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional	4	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratitigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Keratolytic	2	Martindale's 28th
Larvicide	3	Duke, 1992 *
Larvistat	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative	4	Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Leptingenic	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95