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. 2017 May 23;54(9):2661–2669. doi: 10.1007/s13197-017-2703-8

Table 4.

The concentration of isoflavones and coumestrol (mg/g) in perennial legumes

Species Isoflavone concentration Coumestrol Sum of phytoestrogens
Formononetin Biochanin A Daidzein Genistein
Tpr 9.27 ± 0.307 9.59 ± 0.257 0.123 ± 0.0108 0.627 ± 0.036 <LOQ 19.6
Tme 16.0 ± 0.356 14.9 ± 0.356 0.172 ± 0.0127 3.30 ± 0.138 <LOQ 34.4
Msa 0.097 ± 0.007 0.112 ± 0.009 <LOQ <LOQ 0.0300 ± 0.002 0.239
Mlu 0.113 ± 0.009 0.113 ± 0.008 <LOQ <LOQ 0.0326 ± 0.002 0.259
Ovi 0.110 ± 0.008 0.127 ± 0.008 <LOQ 0.0134 ± 0.002 <LOQ 0.251
Agl 0.102 ± 0.007 0.0824 ± 0.007 <LOQ 0.0231 ± 0.003 <LOQ 0.207
Aci 0.128 ± 0.010 0.119 ± 0.009 <LOQ <LOQ <LOQ 0.247

<LOQ The limit of quantification

Data < LOQ were not included for sum of phytoestrogens computation