"Seeds" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The encapsulated embryos of flowering plants. They are used as is or for animal feed because of the high content of concentrated nutrients like starches, proteins, and fats. Rapeseed, cottonseed, and sunflower seed are also produced for the oils (fats) they yield.
| Descriptor ID |
D012639
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A18.024.500.750 G07.203.300.775 J02.500.775
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| Concept/Terms |
Seeds- Seeds
- Seed
- Zygotes, Plant
- Plant Zygotes
- Plant Zygote
- Zygote, Plant
- Embryos, Plant
- Embryo, Plant
- Plant Embryo
- Plant Embryos
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Seeds" by people in Profiles.
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Moringa Isothiocyanate-rich Seed Extract Delays the Onset of Diabetes in UC Davis Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus Rats. Sci Rep. 2020 06 01; 10(1):8861.
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Cooperative interactions between seed-borne bacterial and air-borne fungal pathogens on rice. Nat Commun. 2018 01 02; 9(1):31.
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The Zygotic Transition Is Initiated in Unicellular Plant Zygotes with Asymmetric Activation of Parental Genomes. Dev Cell. 2017 11 06; 43(3):349-358.e4.
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Antioxidant, oxidative DNA damage protective and antimicrobial activities of the plant Trigonella foenum-graecum. J Sci Food Agric. 2014 Sep; 94(12):2497-504.
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Flaxseed reverses atherosclerotic lesion formation and lowers lipoprotein(a) in ovarian hormone deficiency. Menopause. 2013 Nov; 20(11):1176-83.
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Food consumption patterns and associated factors among Vietnamese women of reproductive age. Nutr J. 2013 Sep 12; 12:126.
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Medicago glucosyltransferase UGT72L1: potential roles in proanthocyanidin biosynthesis. Planta. 2013 Jul; 238(1):139-54.
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Dosimetric consideration of transient volume enlargement induced by edema in prostate brachytherapy seed implants. Gulf J Oncolog. 2013 Jan; 1(13):6-14.
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MATE2 mediates vacuolar sequestration of flavonoid glycosides and glycoside malonates in Medicago truncatula. Plant Cell. 2011 Apr; 23(4):1536-55.
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Conserved molecular components for pollen tube reception and fungal invasion. Science. 2010 Nov 12; 330(6006):968-71.