Calcium oxalate content affects the nutritional availability of calcium from Medicago truncatula leaves

Plant Science

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 958-961

  Nakata, Paul A ^a   McConn, Michele M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Medicago; Nutrition; Oxalate

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DIALYSIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NUTRITION;

CALCIUM OXALATE; EDIBLE PLANTS; MEDICAGO;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CALCIUM; DIALYSIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NUTRITION; PLANTS;

MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA;

EID: 34047138334     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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