"Cacao" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A tree of the family Sterculiaceae (or Byttneriaceae), usually Theobroma cacao, or its seeds, which after fermentation and roasting, yield cocoa and CHOCOLATE.
| Descriptor ID |
D002099
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.650.940.800.575.912.250.915.144
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| Concept/Terms |
Cacao- Cacao
- Cacaos
- Theobroma cacao
- Cocoa Plant
- Cocoa Plants
- Plant, Cocoa
- Plants, Cocoa
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cacao" by people in Profiles.
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Theobroma cacao L. compounds: Theoretical study and molecular modeling as inhibitors of main SARS-CoV-2 protease. Biomed Pharmacother. 2021 Aug; 140:111764.
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Exploring cocoa properties: is theobromine a cognitive modulator? Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2019 Feb; 236(2):561-572.
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Psychiatric and medical management of marijuana intoxication in the emergency department. West J Emerg Med. 2015 May; 16(3):414-7.
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Cocoa, blood pressure, and vascular function. Curr Hypertens Rep. 2012 Aug; 14(4):279-84.
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SARS, Mars and chocolate bars. EMBO Rep. 2005 Jan; 6(1):1.