vicia faba meaning

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Noun: Vicia faba
  1. Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder
    - broad bean, broad-bean, broad-bean plant, English bean, European bean, field bean

Type of: shell bean, shell bean plant

Part of: genus Vicia, Vicia

Encyclopedia: Vicia faba


[Medicine]
A plant species of the genus VICIA,family FABACEAE. The edible beans are well known but they cause FAVISM in some individuals with GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY. This plant contains vicine,convicine,Vicia lectins,unknown seed protein,AAP2 transport protein,and Vicia faba DNA-binding protein 1.

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  1. a simple method of rearing diglyphus isaea with vicia faba
  2. micronucleus effects on vicia faba root tips induced by cu, cr, hg
  3. the function of ca2 during h2o2 inducing stomatal closure of vicia faba l
  4. effect of phytohormone on chromosome polyploidization and haploidization of callus of vicia faba
  5. soil quality-assessment of genotoxic effects to higher plants-micronucleus test on vicia faba

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