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Descriptor English: Luffa
Descriptor Spanish: Luffa
Descriptor Luffa
Scope note: Género de plantas de la familia CUCURBITACEAE, conocidas por sus frutos, de los que se obtiene la esponja vegetal, y sus semillas, que contienen lufina.
Descriptor Portuguese: Luffa
Descriptor French: Luffa
Entry term(s): Louffa
Momordica luffa
Momordique anguleuse
Pipangaille
Éponge végétale
Tree number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.300.522
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D029776
Scope note: A plant genus of the family CUCURBITACEAE known for the fruit which is the source of the luffa sponge and the seeds which contain luffin.
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: 35778
Unique ID: D029776
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Date Established: 2002/01/01
Date of Entry: 2001/07/25
Revision Date: 2017/07/11
Luffa - Preferred
Concept UI M0385294
Preferred term Luffa
Entry term(s) Louffa
Momordica luffa
Momordique anguleuse
Pipangaille
Éponge végétale



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