Toxins from Gliricidia
The leaves of Gliricidia sepium, the multipurpose leguminous tree commonly used in alley farming, contain a substance called coumarin. This can be converted to dicoumerol, a substance that is chemically so similar to Vitamin K that it interferes...
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
1992
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/45755 |
| Summary: | The leaves of Gliricidia sepium, the multipurpose leguminous tree commonly used in alley farming, contain a substance called coumarin. This can be converted to dicoumerol, a substance that is chemically so similar to Vitamin K that it interferes... |
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