What's the difference between melilot and melilotus?
Melilot
Definition:
(n.) Any species of Melilotus, a genus of leguminous herbs having a vanillalike odor; sweet clover; hart's clover. The blue melilot (Melilotus caerulea) is used in Switzerland to give color and flavor to sapsago cheese.
Example Sentences:
(1) This analysis does reveal a reproducible 8% decrease in Vmax for the enzyme when using deuterated melilotate.
(2) The sequence is shown to be melilotic acid (I) [Formula: see text] coumaric acid (IV) [Formula: see text] beta-hydroxymelilotic acid (II) [Formula: see text] beta-oxomelilotic acid (III) [Formula: see text] 4-hydroxycoumarin (VI), on the basis of (1) studies on the formation of postulated intermediates, (2) experiments with isotopically labelled materials and (3) sequential enzyme induction.
(3) Stopped-flow spectrophotometry has revealed no isotope effect in the formation or decay of the oxygenated intermediate which is observed when reduced melilotate hydroxylase reacts with molecular oxygen.
(4) A strain of Aspergillus fumigatus Fresenius, isolated from spoiled hay, converts melilotic acid (o-hydroxyphenylpropionic acid) and o-coumaric acid into 4-hydroxycoumarin and dicoumarol.
(5) Melilotate has been synthesized from melilotate by iodiantion followed by reductive deiodination in the presence of deuterated hydrazine.
(6) The deuterated melilotate has been employed in investigations of the reaction mechanism of melilotate hydroxylase.
(7) We found that glutathione reductase (NADPH), general acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (acyl-CoA), mercuric reductase (NADPH), thioredoxin reductase (NADPH), p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase (NADPH), melilotate hydroxylase (NADH), anthranilate hydroxylase (NADPH), and glucose oxidase (glucose) all use the re face of the flavin ring when interacting with the substrates given in parentheses.