Melilotic

Mel`i`lot´ic

a. 1. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sweet clover or melilot; specifically, designating an acid of the aromatic series, obtained from melilot as a white crystalline substance.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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Griffiths L (1962) On the co-ocurrence of coumarin acid, and melilotic acid in Gliricia sepium and Diptery odorata.

Groups of secondary metabolites in the ethanol extract of Gliricidia sepium and their antifungal potential on Colletotrichum acutatum/Grupos de metabolitos secundarios del extracto etanolico de Gliricidia sepium y su potencial antifungico sobre Colletotrichum acutatum/Grupos de metabolitos secundarios do extrato etanolico de Gliricidia sepium e seu potencial antifungico sobre Colletotrichum acutatum

Additionally, MAE was the best technique to extract melilotic acid from Melilotus officinalis than Soxhlet apparatus and ultrasound-assisted extraction (Martino et al., 2006).

MICROWAVE-ASSISTED EXTRACTION OF PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS FROM OLIVE LEAVES; A COMPARISON WITH MACERATION

Their allelopathic compounds--coumarin, o-coumaric acid, and melilotic acid--are also antibacterial.

Bioactive Chemicals and Biological--Biochemical Activities and Their Functions in Rhizospheres of Wetland Plants