Alfalfa Medicago sativa.Alfalfa Extract.

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• Brief info and Basic Botanical Data of Alfalfa.
• Narrative Description of Alfalfa:Medicago sativa.
• Archeology Literature of Alfalfa.
• History of Alfalfa:Medicago sativa.
• Phytochemicals and Constituents of Alfalfa,Medicago sativa.
• General Uses.
• Actions of Alfalfa,Medicago sativa.
• Application of Alfalfa,Medicago sativa:Application scope.
• Administrations:Alfalfa.
• How Search engine think about Alfalfa.
• Research Update:Alfalfa Medicago sativa.

Phytochemicals and Constituents of Alfalfa,Medicago sativa.:

Alfalfa is an excellent natural source of most vitamins, including vitamins A, D, E, and K. Vitamin K is critical in blood clotting, so Alfalfa may have some use in improving clotting. It also contains trace minerals such as calcium, magnesium, iron, phosphorous, and potassium. The plant is so rich in calcium that the ashes of its leaves are almost 99% pure calcium. Alfalfa is also higher in protein than many other plant foods. Alfalfa is a rich natural source of chlorophyll, vitamins, minerals and protein. Alfalfa's deep root system pulls these valuable minerals from the soil. Alfalfa is an excellent nutritive food for convalescing people.

 Natural Nutrients:carotene,chlorophyll,choline,coumarin derivatives,eight essential amino acids,flavones,isoflavones (estrogen-like effects),sterols,saponins (2~3%),protein.

 Vitamines:vitamins A, D, B1, B6, E, K, U.

 Minerals:calcium,iron,lime,magnesium,phosphorus,potassium,silicon,sodiums,zinc.

 The essential enzymes:

 1.amylase(acts on starch)
 2.coagulase(coagulates milk and clots blood)
 3.emulsin(acts on sugar)
 4.invertase(changes cane sugar to dextrose)
 5.lipase(splits fat)
 6.pectinase(forms vegetable jelly from pectin)
 7.peroxidase(has an oxidizing effect on the blood)
 8.protease(digests proteins)
 


 Phytochemicals:

 3'-Methoxycoumestrol, 3-Methylbutanol, -O-Methylcoumestrol 4-Amino-Butyric-Acid, 11,12-Dimethoxy-7-Hydroxycoumestin, Acetone, Adenine, Adenosine, Alfalfone, Alpha-Spinasterol, Alpha-Tocopherol, Amylase, Arabinose, Beta-sitosterol, Betaine, Biochanin-A, Butanone, Calcium, Campesterol, Chlorophyllide-A, Choline,Coagulase, Coumestrol, Cryptoxanthin, Cycloartenol, Cytidine, Daidzen, Daphnoretin, Erepsin, Folacin, Formononetin, Genistein, Guanine, Guanosine, Hederagenin, Hentriacontane, Hydrogen- cyanide, Hypoxanthine, Inosine, Inositol, Invertase, Isocytosine, L-Homostachydrine , L-Stachydrine, Limonene,Lucernol, Lutein, Magnesium,Malic-acid, Malonic-acid, Manganese, Medicagenic-acid, Medicagol, Molybdenum, Myristone, Neoxanthin, Niacin, Octacosanol, Oxalic, Pectin, Pectinase, Pentanal, Peroxidase, Phaeophorbide A, Phosphorus, Potassium, Propanal, Protein, Pyridoxine, Quinic-acid, Riboflavin, Ribose, Saponin, Sativol, Selenium, Shikimic-acid, Silicon, Soyasapogenols, Stachydrine, Stigmasterol, Succinic-acid, Tannin, Thiamin, Triacontanol, Tricin, Trifoliol, Trigonelline, Trimethylamine, Tryptophan, Violaxanthin, Vit-E, Vit-K, Xanthophylls, Xylose, Zeaxanthin.

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♣ last edit date:12th,Oct.2010.