"Melilotus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D029903
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.650.940.800.575.912.250.401.592
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| Concept/Terms |
Melilotus- Melilotus
- Clover, Sweet
- Sweet Clover
- Clovers, Sweet
- Sweet Clovers
Melilotus officinalis- Melilotus officinalis
- Field Melilot
- Field Melilots
- Melilot, Field
- Melilots, Field
- Yellow Sweetclover
- Sweetclover, Yellow
- Sweetclovers, Yellow
- Yellow Sweetclovers
- Common Melilot
- Common Melilots
- Melilot, Common
- Melilots, Common
- Yellow Sweet Clover
- Clover, Yellow Sweet
- Clovers, Yellow Sweet
- Sweet Clover, Yellow
- Sweet Clovers, Yellow
- Yellow Sweet Clovers
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