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
Suppurative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sweetener	3	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Taenicide	1	Martindale's 28th
Teratologic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Termitifuge	2	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosteronigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thermogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Thymoprotective	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tineacide	1	Martindale's 29th
Tissue-Thromboplastin-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	7	Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	7	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Poison	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 167.1999.
Toxic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Tranquilizer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer?	1	Internat. J. Oriental Med. 16: 4.
Transdermal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tremorigenic	1	Martindale's 28th