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Descriptor English: Capsicum
Descriptor Spanish: Capsicum
Descriptor Capsicum
Entry term(s) Capsicum annuum
Capsicum cordiforme
ají dulce
ají morrón
ají picante
ajíes
chile (pimiento)
chile (planta)
chile cuaresmeño
chile dulce
chile jalapeño
chiltoma
guindilla
guindillas
pimentón
pimentón rojo
pimienta cayena
pimienta de cayena
pimienta roja
pimienta verde
pimientas verdes
pimiento
pimiento amarillo
pimiento choricero
pimiento de padrón
pimiento del piquillo
pimiento jalapeño
pimiento morrón
pimiento picante
pimientos
pimientos jalapeño
pimientos picantes
páprika
Scope note: Género de plantas de la familia SOLANACEAE. Los pimientos picantes producen CAPSAICINA, sustancia activadora de los RECEPTORES VANILOIDES. Algunas variedades tienen frutos comestibles, dulces o picantes, que se emplean como verdura cuando están frescos y como condimento cuando se secan las vainas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Capsicum
Descriptor French: Capsicum
Entry term(s): Capsicum annuum
Paprika
Petit piment vert
Piment
Piment doux
Piment doux d'Espagne
Piment jalapeno
Piment rouge
Poivre de Cayenne
Poivron
Poivron d'Amérique
Poivron rouge
Poivron vert
Tree number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.908.500.145
HP4.018.602.600.175
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002212
Scope note: A plant genus of the family SOLANACEAE. The hot peppers yield CAPSAICIN, which activates VANILLOID RECEPTORS. Several varieties have sweet or pungent edible fruits that are used as vegetables when fresh and spices when the pods are dried.
Annotation: BLACK PEPPER and WHITE PEPPER see PIPER NIGRUM are also available
Allowable Qualifiers: AE effets indésirables
AH anatomie et histologie
CH composition chimique
CL classification
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
EC économie
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
HI histoire
IM immunologie
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PH physiologie
PO intoxication
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SD ressources et distribution
ST normes
TO toxicité
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie
DeCS ID: 2245
Unique ID: D002212
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/15
Capsicum - Preferred
Concept UI M0003309
Preferred term Capsicum
Poivron - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0400167
Preferred term Poivron
Entry term(s) Piment doux
Poivron d'Amérique
Poivron rouge
Poivron vert
Poivre de Cayenne - Narrower
Concept UI M0003310
Preferred term Poivre de Cayenne
Paprika - Narrower
Concept UI M0003311
Preferred term Paprika
Piment - Narrower
Concept UI M0593749
Preferred term Piment
Petit piment vert - Narrower
Concept UI M0003314
Preferred term Petit piment vert
Entry term(s) Piment jalapeno
Piment doux d'Espagne - Narrower
Concept UI M0400165
Preferred term Piment doux d'Espagne
Capsicum annuum - Narrower
Concept UI M0592024
Preferred term Capsicum annuum
Piment rouge - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0400166
Preferred term Piment rouge



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