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Plant Trifolium pratense (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Red Clover; Purple Clover; Peavine Clover; Cowgrass
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
TRIFOLITIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIFOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIFOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIFOSIDE-6''-O-MALONATE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIFOSIDE-6''-O-MALONATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
TYROSINE 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UNDEC-1-ENE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VARIABILIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Flower not available 820000.0 0.05 Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE 3 Plant not available not available not available Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
ZINC 77 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
Trichomonicide 4 Martindale's 29th
Trichomonistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Trypanosomastat 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Trypsin-Enhancer 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93.
Tumor-Promoter 2 Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic 3 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 4 HerbalGram No. 20, page 9.
Uricosuric 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Urine-Acidifier 1 Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterotrophic 5 Duke, 1992 *
VAM-Simulant 1 Chau (1985) in Purseglove et al. Acta Botanica Sinica, 2.
VAM-Stimulant 1 Chau (1985) in Purseglove et al. Acta Botanica Sinica, 2.
Varroacide 3 Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator 13 Duke, 1992 *