Two Latin square trials, using 21 or 24 multiparous lactating Holstein cows, compared the feeding value of red clover and alfalfa silages harvested over 2 yr. Red clover silages averaged 2 percentage units lower in crude protein (CP) and more than 2 percentage units lower in neutral detergent fiber and acid detergent fiber than did alfalfa silage. In trial 1, diets were formulated to 60% dry ma...

Objectives: To critically evaluate the effect of red clover on hot flash, endometrial thickness, and hormones status in postmenopausal and peri- and post-menopausal women. Materials and Methods: MEDLINE (1966 to July 2014), Scopus (1990 to July 2014), and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (The Cochrane Library issue 1, 2014) were searched for published randomized controlled Tri...

Dissolved aluminum (III) in acidic soils or culture media is often rhizotoxic (inhibitory to root elongation). Alkaline solutions of Al are also sometimes rhizotoxic, and for that reason toxicity has been attributed to the aluminate ion, Al(OH)(4) (-). In the present study, seedlings of wheat (Triticum aestivum L. cv Tyler) and red clover (Trifolium pratense L. cv Kenland) were cultured in aera...

Biochanin A is an isoflavone isolated from red clover (Trifolium pratense), and is a commercially available nutraceutical for women suffering from postmenopausal symptoms. Isoflavones resemble the structure of oestrogen, and display agonistic and antagonistic interactions with the oestrogen receptor. Overexposure of oestrogen is a major contributing factor in the development of breast cancer, a...

The impact of conservation additives, based on formic and propionic acids and bacterial-enzymatic preparations, on the number of mould fungi and yeast cells in silages was investigated. Silages were prepared from red clover (Trifolium pratense L.), Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum L.) and their mixtures prepared at the ratio of 50:50. The aim of the experiment was to examine the influence o...

Weenink (1961) has shown that the major components of the acetone-soluble lipids of red-clover leaves are composed of galactosyl glycerides, but there is no knowledge of the identity of the remaining constituents of the acetone-soluble fraction. From earlier observations in this laboratory (Weenink, 1961; Shorland, 1961) it appeared that, apart from galactosyl glycerides, the acetonesoluble lip...