Botanical species · safety record

Trifolium pratense

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 12 constituent measurements and 1 genotoxicity assay for Trifolium pratense. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.

Accepted name in source: Trifolium pratense L.

12Constituent measurements
1Safety records
4Cited sources
414Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 414 licensed products naming Trifolium pratense as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.

Extract types on licence

  • Dry
  • Extract Type TBA
  • Fresh

Source material stated

  • Aerial parts
  • Blossoms
  • Buds
  • Flower
  • Flower (Powder)
  • Flower buds
  • Flower extract
  • Flower head

What the records describe

Constituents measured

  • Isoflavones6
  • Daidzein1
  • Daidzin1
  • Formononetin1
  • Genistein1
  • Genistin1
  • Ononin1

Plant parts

  • Aerial part of plants6
  • Live plants2
  • Flower1
  • Leaves1
  • Stem1
  • Unspecified1
  • stalk1

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction12

Recorded constituents

What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.

SubstancePlant partPreparationConcentrationAnalytical methodSource
IsoflavonesUnspecifiedSolvent extractionUnspecifiedResolve DOI
IsoflavonesLive plantsSolvent extraction≤ 12753 Microgram/gramHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
IsoflavonesLive plantsSolvent extraction≥ 8923 Microgram/gramHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
IsoflavonesLeavesSolvent extraction11970 Microgram/gramHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
IsoflavonesFlowerSolvent extraction3297 Microgram/gramHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
IsoflavonesStem / stalkSolvent extraction4896 Microgram/gramHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
DaidzeinAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction859.8 Nanogram/millilitreHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)No resolvable identifier
DaidzinAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction5407.2 Nanogram/millilitreHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)No resolvable identifier
FormononetinAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction9165.8 Nanogram/millilitreHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)No resolvable identifier
GenisteinAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction1423.2 Nanogram/millilitreHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)No resolvable identifier
GenistinAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction18057 Nanogram/millilitreHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)No resolvable identifier
OnoninAerial part of plantsSolvent extraction50979.4 Nanogram/millilitreHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)No resolvable identifier

Genotoxicity testing

Outcomes of genotoxicity assays as recorded in the source. A negative assay is a result under those test conditions, not a clearance.

OutcomeEndpointTestTested organismMetabolic activationSource
Positivegene mutationin vitro mammalian cell micronucleus testHamster (as animal)No dataResolve DOI

Cited sources

The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.

  1. Scheffler, A., Albrecht, A.E., Esch, H.L., Lehmann, L. Mutagenic potential of the isoflavone irilone in cultured V79 cells. Toxicology letters, 2015, vol. 234, no. 2, p. 81-91. DOI
  2. Hanganu, Daniela., Vlase, Laurian., Olah, Neli. LC/MS ANALYSIS OF ISOFLAVONES FROM FABACEAE SPECIES EXTRACTS. Farmacia, 2010, vol. 58, no. 2, p. 177-183.
  3. Andres, S., Abraham, K., Appel, K.E., Lampen, A. Risks and benefits of dietary isoflavones for cancer. Critical reviews in toxicology, 2011, vol. 41, no. 6, p. 463-506. DOI
  4. Sivesind, E., Seguin, P. Effects of the environment, cultivar, maturity, and preservation method on red clover isoflavone concentration . Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2005, vol. 53, no. 16, p. 6397-6402. DOI

Boundary

A constituent measurement is a fact about material at a stated preparation, not a statement about what that material does in a person. An adverse-effect or genotoxicity record is an observation reported in a source, most often in an animal or laboratory model. Neither is a Metatron Health conclusion about causality, human risk or benefit, and the absence of a record is not proof that a preparation is safe. Nothing here is diagnosis, prescribing or individual medical care.

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