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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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 * |