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
ACETOIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOPHENONE	6	Flower	not available	41.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOPHENONE	6	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AFROMORSIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AFROMORSIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AFROMORSIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE--6''-O-MALONATE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALLANTOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALLANTOIN	12	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-KETO-GLUTARIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Inflorescence	126.0	400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Flower	25.0	137.0	0.68	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
ARACHIDONIC-ACID	12	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Flower	534.0	2966.0	0.08	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Flower	8100.0	45000.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	not available	41000.0	-0.21	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
ASH	0	Shoot	not available	79000.0	-0.55	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
Leukotriene-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Lipase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipotropic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	6	Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lubricant	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lymphocytogenic	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.
Lymphokinetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
MDR-Inhibitor	1	Castro, A. F., Altenberg, G. A. 1997. Inhibition of Drug Transport by Genistein in Multidrug-Resistant Cell Expressing P-Glycoprotein. Biochem Pharmacol, 53(1): 89-93.
Memorigenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Memory-Enhancer	1	Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metal-Chelator	2	McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *