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Abstract
A plant genus of the family FABACEAE. Molded yellow sweet clover hay, in which the coumarin of sweet clover is converted to DICOUMAROL, is the causative agent of a hemorrhagic disorder in cattle - hemorrhagic sweet clover disease and featured in the history of anticoagulant drug development.
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23 entry terms
- Clover, Sweet
- Sweet Clover
- Clovers, Sweet
- Sweet Clovers
- Common Melilot
- Field Melilot
- Melilotus officinalis
- Yellow Sweet Clover
- Yellow Sweetclover
- Clover, Yellow Sweet
- Clovers, Yellow Sweet
- Common Melilots
- Field Melilots
- Melilot, Common
- Melilot, Field
- Melilots, Common
- Melilots, Field
- Sweet Clover, Yellow
- Sweet Clovers, Yellow
- Sweetclover, Yellow
- Sweetclovers, Yellow
- Yellow Sweet Clovers
- Yellow Sweetclovers
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20 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, anatomy & histology, chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, toxicity, ultrastructure, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
note entry term SWEET CLOVER: CLOVER see MEDICAGO; BUSH CLOVER see LESPEDEZA; and RED CLOVER see TRIFOLIUM are also available
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History Note
2002
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Melilotus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D029903. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D029903
- Melilotus. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melilotus
- Melilotus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161142