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
METHYL-SALICYLATE	21	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Stem	0.1	0.2	-0.75	Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN	34	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRICYL-ALCOHOL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTOLEIC-ACID	1	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEPTACOSANE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
NIACIN	39	Flower	23.0	125.0	0.30	Duke, 1992 *
OCIMENE	2	Flower	not available	12.0	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
OCT-1-EN-3-OL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCT-1-EN-3-OL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCT-1-EN-3-OL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-3-ONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ONONIN	2	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ONONIN	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ONONIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ONONIN	2	Root	not available	49.0	-0.76	Duke, 1992 *
ONONIN	2	Stem	not available	31.0	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