Oestrogenic Isoflavone Content in Natural Strains of Subterranean Clover (Trifolium subterraneum L.) from Sardinia

Subterranean Clover (trifolium Subterraneum L.) as a Promising Forage Species in Bulgaria

VASILEVA, V., E. VASILEV and R. TZONEV, 2016. Subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum L.) as a promising forage species in Bulgaria. Bulg. J. Agric. Sci., 22: 222–227 The paper presents an overview of the possibility to use the subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum L.) (an annual leguminous self-seeding species, widespread component in the pastures of the temperate areas of Central an...

Vesicular-arbuscular (VA) mycorrhizae improve salinity tolerance in pre-inoculation subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum) seedlings

Effects of the mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices on establishment of subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum L.) seedlings in saline conditions were studied in a glasshouse experiment. Growth and nutrient uptake were determined 10, 20 and 30 days after transplanting of mycorrhizal and nonmycorrhizal matched seedlings into soils with five different levels of salinity. Mycorrhizal plants...

Isoflavone content in red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) as related to nitrogen and phosphorus application rate

Red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) as a dietary supplement is currently used to treat menopausal symptoms because of its high concentrations of mildly estrogenic isoflavone. The application rate of N and P fertilizer has a huge influence on the isoflavone content (IC) in red clover. Trifolium pratense ‘Minshan’ is a unique plant resource in the alpine pasture region of northwest China. It plays...

Oestrogenic activity of subterranean clover. I. The oestrogenic activity of genistein.

Oestrogenic Activity of Subterranean Clover 2. THE ISOLATION OF GENISTEIN FROM SUBTERRANEAN CLOVER AND METHODS OF QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION By D. H. CURNOW*

The isolation of small amounts of genistein (5:7:4'trihydroxy-isoflavone) from subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum var. Dwalganup) and the demonstration of its weakly oestrogenic properties (Bradbury & White, 1951, and Biggers & Curnow, 1954), together with the difficulties in the synthesis of this compound, made it important that a more efficient method be found for the isolation of th...