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Common Names
Red Clover; Purple Clover; Peavine Clover; Cowgrass
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOCOSENOIC-ACID | 0 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DODECADIENOIC-ACID | 0 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DODECAN-1-AL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DODECYL-ACETATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Flower | not available | 1700.0 | -0.37 | 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 |
| ESTRAGOLE | 12 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-CINNAMATE | 2 | Flower | not available | 25.0 | -1.00 | 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 |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER | 5 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Flower | 6480.0 | 36000.0 | -0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | not available | 85000.0 | -0.95 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
| FAT | 0 | Shoot | 11000.0 | 36000.0 | -0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Flower | not available | 99000.0 | -0.40 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| FIBER | 15 | Shoot | 77000.0 | 301000.0 | 1.37 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(CRUDE) | 0 | Flower | not available | 99000.0 | 1.08 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(DIETARY) | 0 | Flower | not available | 360000.0 | 0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLAVANOIDS | 0 | Hay | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FORMONONETIN | 16 | Flower | not available | 391.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FORMONONETIN | 16 | Leaf | 270.0 | 2470.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FORMONONETIN | 16 | Plant | 800.0 | 7000.0 | not available | 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 * |