"Luffa" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D029776
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.650.940.800.575.912.250.300.522
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| Concept/Terms |
Luffa- Luffa
- Luffas
- Loofah
- Loofahs
- Momordica luffa
- Momordica luffas
- luffa, Momordica
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Luffa" by people in Profiles.
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SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibition by compounds isolated from Luffa cylindrica using molecular docking. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2021 05 15; 40:127972.
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Polyethyleneimine-functionalized Luffa cylindrica for efficient uranium extraction. J Colloid Interface Sci. 2018 Nov 15; 530:538-546.
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Enhancing adsorption of U(VI) onto EDTA modified L. cylindrica using epichlorohydrin and ethylenediamine as a bridge. Sci Rep. 2017 03 08; 7:44156.