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
FORMONONETIN	16	Root	not available	94.0	-0.69	Duke, 1992 *
FORMONONETIN	16	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FORMONONETIN	16	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FORMONONETIN	16	Stem	not available	280.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FORMONONETIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-6''-MALONATE	0	Root	not available	221.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FORMONONETIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-6''-MALONATE	0	Stem	not available	418.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FORMONONETIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-6''-O-MALONATE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FORMONONETIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE-6''-MALONATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FORMONONETIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE-6''-MALONATE-METHYL-ESTER	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FUFURAL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	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.
FURFUROL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN	81	Flower	not available	19.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN	81	Leaf	22.0	23.0	-0.95	Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN	81	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN	81	Root	not available	10.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN	81	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN	81	Stem	not available	62.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENISTIN	3	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENISTIN	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENISTIN	3	Root	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.