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
OROBOL-4'-METHYLETHER	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
PAEONIDIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PECTOLINARIGENIN	2	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PECTOLINARIN	2	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.
PENT-1-EN-3-ONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTADECAN-1-AL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTADECANOIC-ACID	1	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTADECENOIC-ACID	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHASEOLIC-ACID	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
PHASEOLIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENOL	26	Flower	not available	49.0	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
PHENYLALANINE	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLETHYL-ACETATE	0	Flower	not available	46.0	1.28	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
PHOSPHORUS	4	Flower	580.0	3220.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Shoot	900.0	4500.0	0.50	Duke, 1992 *
PINITOL	5	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PIPECOLIC-ACID	2	Plant	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
Vasopressor	1	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Verrucolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	5	Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	3	Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.