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Descriptor English: Endosperm
Descriptor Spanish: Endospermo
Descriptor endospermo
Scope note: Tejido nutritivo de las semillas de las plantas con flor que rodea a los EMBRIONES. Es producido por un proceso paralelo de fertilización en el que un segundo gameto masculino del polen se fusiona con dos núcleos femeninos dentro del saco embrionario. El endospermo varía en ploidía y contiene reservas de almidón, aceites y proteínas lo que hace que sea una importante fuente en la nutrición humana.
Descriptor Portuguese: Endosperma
Descriptor French: Endosperme
Entry term(s): Endosperms
Tree number(s): A18.024.500.750.666
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D056625
Scope note: Nutritive tissue of the seeds of flowering plants that surrounds the EMBRYOS. It is produced by a parallel process of fertilization in which a second male gamete from the pollen grain fuses with two female nuclei within the embryo sac. The endosperm varies in ploidy and contains reserves of starch, oils, and proteins, making it an important source of human nutrition.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PO poisoning
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TO toxicity
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Seeds (2003-2009)
Public MeSH Note: 2010
History Note: 2010
Related: Plant Oils MeSH
Plant Proteins MeSH
Starch MeSH
DeCS ID: 53432
Unique ID: D056625
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Date Established: 2010/01/01
Date of Entry: 2009/07/06
Endosperm - Preferred
Concept UI M0528190
Scope note Nutritive tissue of the seeds of flowering plants that surrounds the EMBRYOS. It is produced by a parallel process of fertilization in which a second male gamete from the pollen grain fuses with two female nuclei within the embryo sac. The endosperm varies in ploidy and contains reserves of starch, oils, and proteins, making it an important source of human nutrition.
Preferred term Endosperm
Entry term(s) Endosperms



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