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Plant Trifolium pratense (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Red Clover; Purple Clover; Peavine Clover; Cowgrass
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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 *
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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
Antiarthritic 13 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiasthmatic 8 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 27 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibrucellosic 1 Gawron, A., Gorski*, G., Glowniak**, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990.
Anticancer 9 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 2 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticancer (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Kidney) 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Anticancer (Liver) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Pancreas) 1 Duke, 1992 *