DeCS

Descriptor English:

Amaranthus

Descriptor Spanish:

Amaranthus

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	Amaranthus
Scope note:	Género de plantas de la familia AMARANTHACEAE, mejor conocida como fuente de cosechas de grano de alto contenido en proteínas y del colorante rojo No. 2 (COLORANTE DE AMARANTO). La palabra planta rodadora se refiere en ocasiones a Amaranthus pero con mayor frecuencia a SALSOLA.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Amaranthus

Descriptor French:

Amaranthus

Entry term(s):

Amarante (plante)
Amarante pied rouge
Amarante réfléchie
Amarante à racine rouge
Amaranthe (plante)
Amaranthus retroflexus

Tree number(s):

B01.875.800.575.912.250.198.500.100.130

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D027721

Scope note:

A plant genus, in the family AMARANTHACEAE, best known as a source of high-protein grain crops and of Red Dye No. 2 (AMARANTH DYE). Tumbleweed sometimes refers to Amaranthus but more often refers to SALSOLA.

Annotation:

entry term REDROOT PIGWEED: REDROOT see SANGUINARIA is also available; AMARANTH DYE is 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
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PH physiologie
PO intoxication
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
TO toxicité
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

35655

Unique ID:

D027721

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Date Established:

2002/01/01

Date of Entry:

2001/07/25

Revision Date:

2017/07/07