"Amaranthus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D027721
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.650.940.800.575.912.250.198.500.100.130
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| Concept/Terms |
Amaranthus- Amaranthus
- Amaranth Plant
- Amaranth Plants
- Plant, Amaranth
- Plants, Amaranth
Redroot Pigweed- Redroot Pigweed
- Pigweed, Redroot
- Pigweeds, Redroot
- Redroot Pigweeds
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Amaranthus spinosus Linn. inhibits mast cell-mediated anaphylactic reactions. J Immunotoxicol. 2012 Jan-Mar; 9(1):77-84.