"Nuts" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Botanically, a type of single-seeded fruit in which the pericarp enclosing the seed is a hard woody shell. In common usage the term is used loosely for any hard, oil-rich kernel. Of those commonly eaten, only hazel, filbert, and chestnut are strictly nuts. Walnuts, pecans, almonds, and coconuts are really drupes. Brazil nuts, pistachios, macadamias, and cashews are really seeds with a hard shell derived from the testa rather than the pericarp.
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D009754
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A18.024.500.500 G07.203.300.700 J02.500.700
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nuts" by people in Profiles.
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The Seeds of Ignorance - Consequences of a Booming Betel-Nut Economy. N Engl J Med. 2022 09 22; 387(12):1059-1061.
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Image analysis of microstructural changes in almond cotyledon as a result of processing. J Food Sci. 2011 Mar; 76(2):E212-21.
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Preliminary assessment of methods used to demonstrate nut-cracking behavior to five captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Folia Primatol (Basel). 2010; 81(4):224-32.