DEFINITION

Red Clover Aerial Parts Isoflavone Aglycones Dry Extract is prepared from dried aerial parts of Trifolium pratense L. (Fam. Fabaceae) by extraction with hydroalcoholic mixtures or other suitable solvents. It contains NLT 36.0% and NMT 44.0% of isoflavones, predominantly as aglycones, calculated on the dried basis as the sum of daidzein, genistein, formononetin, and biochanin A. It contains NMT 1.0% of daidzein and NMT 1.0% of genistein, both on the dried basis. The ratio of 5,7-dihydroxyisoflavones to 7-hydroxyisoflavones is between 0.9 and 1.7. It may contain suitable excipients.