The nature of the genetic difference in the coumarin metabolism of bitter and non-bitter Melilotus alba Desr.
The phenylpropanoid compound, coumarin, is responsible for the bitterness and indirectly, toxicity in the forage legume sweet clover (Melilotus alba). Coumarin, mainly in the "bound" form as the β glucoside of o-coumaric acid is abundant in the bitter plants, but not in the shoots of the l...
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University of British Columbia
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/38026 |