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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
BIOCHANIN-A-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-6''-MALONATE 0 Root 358.0 *
BIOCHANIN-A-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-6''-MALONATE 0 Stem 108.0 *
BIOCHANIN-A-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-6''-O-MALONATE 0 Leaf *
BIOCHANIN-A-7-O-GLUCOSIDE-6''-MALONATE 0 Leaf *
BIOCHANIN-A-7-O-GLUCOSIDE-6''-MALONATE-METHYL-ESTER 0 Leaf *
BORON 4 Leaf 23.0 -1.04 *
BORON 4 Stem 16.0 -1.10 *
BUTANE-2,3-DIOL 0 Flower *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Flower 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.
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Leaf *
CALCIUM 28 Flower 2358.0 13100.0 2.03 *
CALCIUM 28 Shoot 4800.0 22900.0 0.60 *
CALYCOSIN 0 Flower *
CALYCOSIN 0 Leaf *
CALYCOSIN 0 Plant *
CALYCOSIN 0 Root *
CALYCOSIN-7-GALATOSIDE 0 Plant *
CALYCOSIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Plant *
CAPROIC-ACID 1 Root *
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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 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 3 *
NO-Genic 3 *
NO-Inhibitor 3 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 *
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 *
Ovicide 1 *
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 *
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 *
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 *
Paralytic 1 *
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.