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Descriptor English: Amaranthus
Descriptor Spanish: Amaranthus
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): Amaranth Plant
Amaranth Plants
Pigweed, Redroot
Pigweeds, Redroot
Plant, Amaranth
Plants, Amaranth
Redroot Pigweed
Redroot Pigweeds
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 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: Amaranth Dye (1988-2001)
Cereals (1980-2001)
Phytotherapy (1981-2001)
Public MeSH Note: 2002
History Note: 2002
DeCS ID: 35655
Unique ID: D027721
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2002/01/01
Date of Entry: 2001/07/25
Revision Date: 2017/07/07
Amaranthus - Preferred
Concept UI M0380871
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.
Preferred term Amaranthus
Entry term(s) Amaranth Plant
Amaranth Plants
Plant, Amaranth
Plants, Amaranth
Redroot Pigweed - Narrower
Concept UI M0396442
Preferred term Redroot Pigweed
Entry term(s) Pigweed, Redroot
Pigweeds, Redroot
Redroot Pigweeds



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