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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
BIOCHANIN-A-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-6''-MALONATE 0 Root 358.0 *
BIOCHANIN-A-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-6''-MALONATE 0 Stem 108.0 *
BIOCHANIN-A-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-6''-O-MALONATE 0 Leaf *
BIOCHANIN-A-7-O-GLUCOSIDE-6''-MALONATE 0 Leaf *
BIOCHANIN-A-7-O-GLUCOSIDE-6''-MALONATE-METHYL-ESTER 0 Leaf *
BORON 4 Leaf 23.0 -1.04 *
BORON 4 Stem 16.0 -1.10 *
BUTANE-2,3-DIOL 0 Flower *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Flower 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.
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Leaf *
CALCIUM 28 Flower 2358.0 13100.0 2.03 *
CALCIUM 28 Shoot 4800.0 22900.0 0.60 *
CALYCOSIN 0 Flower *
CALYCOSIN 0 Leaf *
CALYCOSIN 0 Plant *
CALYCOSIN 0 Root *
CALYCOSIN-7-GALATOSIDE 0 Plant *
CALYCOSIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Plant *
CAPROIC-ACID 1 Root *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Inotropic 2 *
Insecticide 7 *
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 *
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 *
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 *
JNK-Inhibitor 1 *
Juvabional 4 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratitigenic 1 *
Keratolytic 2 Martindale's 28th
Larvicide 3 *
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