"Plants, Edible" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An organism of the vegetable kingdom suitable by nature for use as a food, especially by human beings. Not all parts of any given plant are edible but all parts of edible plants have been known to figure as raw or cooked food: leaves, roots, tubers, stems, seeds, buds, fruits, and flowers. The most commonly edible parts of plants are FRUIT, usually sweet, fleshy, and succulent. Most edible plants are commonly cultivated for their nutritional value and are referred to as VEGETABLES.
| Descriptor ID |
D010945
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.650.510
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| Concept/Terms |
Plants, Edible- Plants, Edible
- Edible Plant
- Edible Plants
- Plant, Edible
- Food Plants
- Food Plant
- Plant, Food
- Plants, Food
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| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Plants, Edible" by people in Profiles.
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Integrating Omics and Gene Editing Tools for Rapid Improvement of Traditional Food Plants for Diversified and Sustainable Food Security. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Jul 28; 22(15).
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Contributions of the international plant science community to the fight against infectious diseases in humans-part 2: Affordable drugs in edible plants for endemic and re-emerging diseases. Plant Biotechnol J. 2021 10; 19(10):1921-1936.
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Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Contamination on Food Plant Surfaces as Determined by Environmental Monitoring. J Food Prot. 2021 03 01; 84(3):352-358.
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Therapeutic opportunities of edible antiviral plants for COVID-19. Mol Cell Biochem. 2021 Jun; 476(6):2345-2364.
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Edible plant-derived exosomal microRNAs: Exploiting a cross-kingdom regulatory mechanism for targeting SARS-CoV-2. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2021 03 01; 414:115425.
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COVID-19 Pandemic Is a Call to Search for Alternative Protein Sources as Food and Feed: A Review of Possibilities. Nutrients. 2021 Jan 05; 13(1).
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Phytochemical Composition of the Decoctions of Greek Edible Greens (Chórta) and Evaluation of Antioxidant and Cytotoxic Properties. Molecules. 2018 06 26; 23(7).
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Novel Natural Products for Healthy Ageing from the Mediterranean Diet and Food Plants of Other Global Sources-The MediHealth Project. Molecules. 2018 May 06; 23(5).
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Dietary Plants for the Prevention and Management of Kidney Stones: Preclinical and Clinical Evidence and Molecular Mechanisms. Int J Mol Sci. 2018 Mar 07; 19(3).
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Multi-elemental analysis of Lentinula edodes mushrooms available in trade. J Environ Sci Health B. 2017 Mar 04; 52(3):196-205.