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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOCOSENOIC-ACID | 0 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DODECADIENOIC-ACID | 0 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DODECAN-1-AL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DODECYL-ACETATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Flower | not available | 1700.0 | -0.37 | 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 |
| ESTRAGOLE | 12 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-CINNAMATE | 2 | Flower | not available | 25.0 | -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 |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER | 5 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Flower | 6480.0 | 36000.0 | -0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | not available | 85000.0 | -0.95 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
| FAT | 0 | Shoot | 11000.0 | 36000.0 | -0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Flower | not available | 99000.0 | -0.40 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| FIBER | 15 | Shoot | 77000.0 | 301000.0 | 1.37 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(CRUDE) | 0 | Flower | not available | 99000.0 | 1.08 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(DIETARY) | 0 | Flower | not available | 360000.0 | 0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLAVANOIDS | 0 | Hay | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FORMONONETIN | 16 | Flower | not available | 391.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FORMONONETIN | 16 | Leaf | 270.0 | 2470.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FORMONONETIN | 16 | Plant | 800.0 | 7000.0 | not available | 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 |