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
METHYL-SALICYLATE	21	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Stem	0.1	0.2	-0.75	Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN	34	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRICYL-ALCOHOL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTOLEIC-ACID	1	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEPTACOSANE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
NIACIN	39	Flower	23.0	125.0	0.30	Duke, 1992 *
OCIMENE	2	Flower	not available	12.0	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
OCT-1-EN-3-OL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCT-1-EN-3-OL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCT-1-EN-3-OL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-3-ONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ONONIN	2	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ONONIN	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ONONIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ONONIN	2	Root	not available	49.0	-0.76	Duke, 1992 *
ONONIN	2	Stem	not available	31.0	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 *