Coumarin compounds responsible for bitterness, and indirectly, toxicity, in the forage legume sweet clover (Melilotus alba) do not occur in the non-bitter "Cumino" variety of M. alba or in the species M. dentata. Nevertheless,
investigation showed that compounds which are very probably coumarins do occur in the non-bitter strains.
A search for coumarins in alfalfa (Medicago sativa), closely related to sweet clover taxonomically, did not lead to the discovery of coumarins but did lead to the characterization of a new flavonoid tentatively characterized as 3:3:4 trihydroxy -5:7 dimethoxy flavone. / Land and Food Systems, Faculty of / Graduate
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UBC/oai:circle.library.ubc.ca:2429/39297 |
| Date | January 1961 |
| Creators | Bradner, Norman Richard |
| Publisher | University of British Columbia |
| Source Sets | University of British Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis/Dissertation |
| Rights | For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use. |
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