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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

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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
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 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *