(n.) A plant of different species of the genus Trifolium; as the common red clover, T. pratense, the white, T. repens, and the hare's foot, T. arvense.
Example Sentences:
(1) The clover constituents chiefly incriminated for these effects are glycosides of the isoflavone derivatives genistein and its 4'-methyl ether biochanin-A, daidzein and its 4'-methyl ether formononetin, and pratensein; coumestrol and its 3'- and 4'-methyl ethers account for the estrogenic activity of alfalfa.
(2) The highest level of contamination with fungi was observed in the concentrate feed mixture followed by clover hay and rice straw.
(3) These natural matrix materials included samples of milk (containing 2 different levels of radioactivity), soil, air filters and clover.
(4) The presented results proof in tendency that oilseed-rape (00-rape seed), wheat, and barley as green plants can contribute in clostridial toxicosis in hares, whereas grass and beets are involved only partially, and clover is practically completely atoxigenic.
(5) We conclude that the structure of the acidic EPS does not control host-specific nodulation of white clover, hairy vetch, and beans for the strains of R. leguminosarum tested here.
(6) Together with biochemical and genetic data, these clones have been used to characterize the Li locus which controls linamarase activity in white clover.
(7) Southern blot analysis of Hind III digested genomic DNA shows that the white clover genome contains three genes with homology to the linamarase cDNA and that at least two of these genes segregate independently.
(8) This clover was chopped, dried, and formulated at 45% into an otherwise purified diet and fed to six guinea pigs for 90 days.
(9) Studies with monovalent antigen-binding fragments of anti-clover root antibody and Azotobacter vinelandii hybrid transformants carrying the unique antigenic determinant suggest that these polysaccharides bind R. trifolii to the clover root hair tips which contain trifoliin.
(10) Alfalfa, red clover, orchardgrass and timothy were harvested in the vegetative stage, wilted and stored as hay, or ensiled in small batch silos (20 kg) at 60, 40 or 20% (direct cut) dry matter and were analyzed for compositional differences.
(11) RNA-dependent RNA polymerase activities were detected in purified particles of white clover cryptic viruses 1 and 2.
(12) Anomalous nodulation of Trifolium subterraneum (subterranean clover) roots by Rhizobium leguminosarum 1020 was examined as a model of modified host-specificity in a Rhizobium-legume symbiosis.
(13) The agglutinins from these legumes were recognized by antibodies raised against the agglutinins of alfalfa and sweet clover.
(14) The soil reaction (pH) was not noteworthy affected by application of clover or grass residues.
(15) Comparative analysis of various copies of these repeated sequences, from R. trifolii (the clover symbiont) and R. meliloti (the alfalfa symbiont), reveals the presence of domains of intra- and interspecific conservation within the promoter regions.
(16) The frequency of piperacillin inactivation according to the clover-leaf test was significantly higher among the strains with synergism than among all the others (p less than 0.02).
(17) Charles Clover of the Financial Times , who tried to protect her, was pushed, thrown to the floor and kicked, and Channel 4 correspondent Jonathan Miller was punched.
(18) ), 2) tall fescue-red clover (Trifolium pratense L.), or 3) tall fescue-alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) or were barn-fed, 4) tall fescue hay, 5) orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L.)-alfalfa hay, or 6) tall fescue silage from late October to early April during each of 5 yr.
(19) Clover's personal portable inhaler is described and illustrated.
(20) The complete nucleotide sequence of red clover necrotic mosaic virus (RCNMV) RNA-1 has been determined.
Legume
Definition:
(n.) A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea.
(n.) The fruit of leguminous plants, as peas, beans, lupines; pulse.
Example Sentences:
(1) Several oilseed and legume protein products were fed to rats as the sole source of dietary protein, and in blends with cereals for the determination of protein efficiency ratio (PER) and biological availability of amino acids.
(2) The processes of germination and gruel preparation of germinated materials contributed to the digestibility of weaning foods prepared from cereals and legumes.
(3) Because diglyceride metabolism and cyclic beta-1,2-glucan biosynthesis are metabolically linked, future studies with diacylglycerol kinase mutants of R. meliloti 1021 should further elucidate the roles of the cyclic beta-1,2-glucans in the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis.
(4) In cereals and legume seeds the activity of chymotrypsin inhibitors is generally lower than that of the trypsin inhibitors.
(5) This nonapeptide was aligned in a part of the metal-binding region conserved in all legume lectins.
(6) Twenty-three fruits, 33 vegetables, 41 grain products, 7 legumes, 4 nuts, and 9 miscellaneous foods were analyzed by an accurate chemical method to determine their dietary fiber content and composition.
(7) On every specimen of legume we have tried to confirm, or otherwise, the presence of A. flavus and the aflatoxins.
(8) passing through a 1.18 mm sieve during wet sieving) from the reticulo-rumen were negatively related to dimensions of particles, with greater ease of outflow for legume than for grass particles of the same length or diameter.
(9) The use of vegetable proteins such as legumes or oilseeds proteins is often restricted by antinutritional or toxic factors.
(10) Foods such as legumes appear to be digested less rapidly than many cereal foods although even amongst these large differences in rates of in vitro digestion exist.
(11) (2) Individuals having IgE-mediated reactions to legume proteins, for example peanut and soybean, do not respond to the corresponding oil derived from those substances.
(12) Some legume species also contain chemicals of a different nature (i. e. lathyrogens, cyanogenetic glycosides, and others) which may be extremely toxic when ingested in significant amounts.
(13) The location of the metal and carbohydrate binding sites, established unequivocally in concanavalin A by high resolution X-ray crystallography, appears to be the same in the other legume lectins.
(14) Only a few foods and nutrients show marginal low intakes (fish, eggs and legumes; lipids, iron, thiamin and vitamin A).
(15) The antigenic specificity was also tested against subunits of 13 completely sequenced legume lectins separated by sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and electrotransferred to nitrocellulose filters.
(16) Studies of diabetes using high fibre, high legume diets have almost uniformly noted improvements in glycemic control and blood lipid profile.
(17) The intimate association between the Rhizobium and the host nodule cell was compared with the Rhizobium association found in legumes.
(18) Also, the effects of a casein habitual diet or of one of three casein-legume habitual diets fed before and after the test meal were investigated.
(19) Foods causing most prominent symptoms among patients in group A included legumes, tree nuts, crustaceans, and fish.
(20) retained on a 1.18 mm sieve during wet sieving) to breakdown (chews per g LP breakdown) during eating was lower for leaf than stem fractions (8.4 v. 23.7) and lower for the grass than legume diets (10.5 v. 21.6).