Powdered Red Clover
» Powdered Red Clover is Red Clover reduced to a powder or very fine powder. It contains not less than 0.5% of isoflavones, calculated on the dried basis as the sum of daidzein, genistein, formononetin, and biochanin A.
Packaging and storage
Preserve in well-closed, light-resistant containers, protected from moisture.
Labeling
The label states the Latin binomial and, following the official name, the part of the plant from which the article was derived.
Botanic characteristics
Brownish red to greenish red; numerous long, sharp-pointed, unicellular, nonglandular hairs with thick, nonlignified walls, the latter somewhat roughened by slight centrifugal projections; smooth, nearly spheroidal pollen grains from 20 to 48 µm in diameter; fragments of epidermis with stomata, the latter from 13 to 23 µm in length; fragments containing sclerenchyma fibers with adherent crystal fibers containing monoclinic prisms of calcium oxalate that are up to 21 µm in length.
Other requirements
It meets the requirements of the tests for Identification, Microbial enumeration, Loss on drying, Total ash, Acid-insoluble ash, Water-soluble extractives, Pesticide residues, Heavy metals, and Content of isoflavones under Red Clover.
Auxiliary Information
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Chromatographic Column
USP32NF27 Page 984
Pharmacopeial Forum: Volume No. 28(3) Page 810
Chromatographic columns text is not derived from, and not part of, USP 32 or NF 27.
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