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Descriptor English: Medicago sativa
Descriptor Spanish: Medicago sativa
Descriptor Medicago sativa
Scope note: Especie de plantas de la familia FABACEAE ampliamente cultivada para su uso como ALIMENTACIÓN ANIMAL.
Descriptor Portuguese: Medicago sativa
Descriptor French: Medicago sativa
Entry term(s): Alfalfa
Lucerne
Tree number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.401.590.500
HP4.018.127.209
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000455
Scope note: A plant species of the family FABACEAE widely cultivated for ANIMAL FEED.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PO poisoning
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TO toxicity
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Alfalfa (1963-2001)
Public MeSH Note: 2002; see ALFALFA 1963-2001
History Note: 2002(1963)
DeCS ID: 459
Unique ID: D000455
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2002/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/07/11
Medicago sativa - Preferred
Concept UI M0000693
Scope note A plant species of the family FABACEAE widely cultivated for ANIMAL FEED.
Preferred term Medicago sativa
Entry term(s) Alfalfa
Lucerne



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