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
3-BUTYLPHTHALIDE	0	Flower	not available	20.0	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
3-METHYLQUERCETIN	4	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYLQUERCETIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-6''-O-MALONATE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-P-COUMAROYLQUININE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
4',5-DIHYDROXY-6,7-METHYLENEDIOXY-ISOFLAVONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-METHOXYMEDICARPIN	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-ALPHA-7-DIHYDROXYMAACKIAIN	0	Leaf Diffusate	not available	5.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-ALPHA-7-DIHYDROXYMEDICARPIN	0	Leaf Diffusate	not available	7.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-ALPHA-HYDROXYMAACKIAIN	2	Leaf Diffusate	not available	46.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-ALPHA-HYDROXYMAACKIAIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-ALPHA-HYDROXYMEDICARPIN	6	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-ALPHA-HYDROXYMEDICARPIN	6	Leaf Diffusate	not available	75.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-ALPHA-HYDROXYMEDICARPIN	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-ALPHA-METHOXY-MAACKIAIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-5-,7-DIHYDROXY-4'-METHOXYISOFLAVONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-3-METHOXY-QUERCETIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
9-O-METHYLCOUMESTROL	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID	16	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID	16	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	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
Prostaglandin-Sparer	1	Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	2	Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide	2	Martindale's 29th
PTK-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Pyrogenic	1	Kandasamy, S. B. 1977. Central Effect of 5,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic Acid (Arachidonic Acid) on the Temperature in the Conscious Rabbit. Experientia, 33: 1626.
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	8	Duke, 1992 *
Renotoxic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Respirodepressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Rodenticide	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Schizophrenigenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sedative	13	Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Serotoninergic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Sialogogue	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Soap	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Soporific	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Spermicide	2	Martindale's 28th
Spermigenic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Sunscreen	3	Jim Duke's personal files.
Suppository	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.