"Xanthium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A plant genus of the family ASTERACEAE. The name "prickly burweed" is sometimes used but causes confusion with AMSINCKIA.
| Descriptor ID |
D031210
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.650.940.800.575.912.250.100.994
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| Concept/Terms |
Xanthium- Xanthium
- Xanthiums
- Cocklebur
- Cockleburs
Xanthium spinosum- Xanthium spinosum
- Xanthium spinosums
- spinosums, Xanthium
- Cocklebur, Spiny
- Cockleburs, Spiny
- Spiny Cocklebur
- Spiny Cockleburs
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Xanthium" by people in Profiles.
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The Role of Forensic Botany in Solving a Case: Scientific Evidence on the Falsification of a Crime Scene. J Forensic Sci. 2018 May; 63(3):961-964.
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Fatal outbreak from consuming Xanthium strumarium seedlings during time of food scarcity in northeastern Bangladesh. PLoS One. 2010 Mar 18; 5(3):e9756.