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
PRUNETIN-4'-O-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PRUNITRIN	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOBAPTIGENIN	3	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOBAPTIGENIN	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOBAPTIGENIN	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOBAPTIGENIN	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOBAPTIGENIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN	44	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RESINS	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
RHAMNOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Flower	0.6	3.3	-0.68	Duke, 1992 *
ROTHINDIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ROTHINDIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID	34	Flower	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.
SALICYLIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Flower	0.1	0.8	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Leaf	not available	0.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Stem	not available	0.0	-0.43	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
Neurotoxic	2	R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Neurotransmitter	1	Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic	3	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	6	Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Osteolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ovicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Oviposition-Stimulant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Oxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ozone-Scavenger	1	Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer	2	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
P450-Inhibitor	1	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Paralytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Parasympathomimetic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Percutaneostimulant	1	Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.