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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
3-BUTYLPHTHALIDE 0 Flower not available 20.0 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
3-METHYLQUERCETIN 4 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYLQUERCETIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-6''-O-MALONATE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-P-COUMAROYLQUININE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
4',5-DIHYDROXY-6,7-METHYLENEDIOXY-ISOFLAVONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHOXYMEDICARPIN 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-ALPHA-7-DIHYDROXYMAACKIAIN 0 Leaf Diffusate not available 5.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-ALPHA-7-DIHYDROXYMEDICARPIN 0 Leaf Diffusate not available 7.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-ALPHA-HYDROXYMAACKIAIN 2 Leaf Diffusate not available 46.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-ALPHA-HYDROXYMAACKIAIN 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-ALPHA-HYDROXYMEDICARPIN 6 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-ALPHA-HYDROXYMEDICARPIN 6 Leaf Diffusate not available 75.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-ALPHA-HYDROXYMEDICARPIN 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-ALPHA-METHOXY-MAACKIAIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
7-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-5-,7-DIHYDROXY-4'-METHOXYISOFLAVONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-3-METHOXY-QUERCETIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
9-O-METHYLCOUMESTROL 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETOIN 0 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
Antifibromyalgic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrosarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastric 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigenotoxic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglutamaergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglycosuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 3 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigout 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiGTF 1 Duke, 1992 *