Malinow M R, McLaughlin P, Bardana E J, Craig S
Food Chem Toxicol. 1984 Jul;22(7):583-7. doi: 10.1016/0278-6915(84)90230-8.
Cynomolgus macaques were fed autoclaved alfalfa seeds for up to 1 yr. There were no humoral signs of a syndrome resembling systemic lupus erythematosus. The data are in contrast to those previously reported in monkeys fed raw alfalfa seeds, in which a systemic lupus erythematosus-like syndrome was induced in a shorter interval. The autoclaved seeds retained antihypercholesterolaemic effects.
