 Plants, Edible
"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.
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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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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Plants, Edible" by people in Profiles.
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Monte AA, Shelton SK, Mills E, Saben J, Hopkinson A, Sonn B, Devivo M, Chang T, Fox J, Brevik C, Williamson K, Abbott D. Acute Illness Associated With Cannabis Use, by Route of Exposure: An Observational Study. Ann Intern Med. 2019 04 16; 170(8):531-537.
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Du W, Wang H, Wang Z, Zhang J, Su C, Jia X, Zhang J, Jiang H, Huang F, Ouyang Y, Wang Y, Li L, Zhang B. Dietary vitamin a intake among Chinese adults: findings from CNTCS2015. Nutr J. 2018 06 11; 17(1):60.
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Frost GS, Walton GE, Swann JR, Psichas A, Costabile A, Johnson LP, Sponheimer M, Gibson GR, Barraclough TG. Impacts of plant-based foods in ancestral hominin diets on the metabolism and function of gut microbiota in vitro. mBio. 2014 May 20; 5(3):e00853-14.
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Wynn JG, Sponheimer M, Kimbel WH, Alemseged Z, Reed K, Bedaso ZK, Wilson JN. Diet of Australopithecus afarensis from the Pliocene Hadar Formation, Ethiopia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Jun 25; 110(26):10495-500.
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Lee-Thorp J, Likius A, Mackaye HT, Vignaud P, Sponheimer M, Brunet M. Isotopic evidence for an early shift to C4 resources by Pliocene hominins in Chad. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Dec 11; 109(50):20369-72.
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Lampert EC, Bowers MD. Host plant influences on iridoid glycoside sequestration of generalist and specialist caterpillars. J Chem Ecol. 2010 Oct; 36(10):1101-4.
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Lau JA, McCall AC, Davies KF, McKay JK, Wright JW. Herbivores and edaphic factors constrain the realized niche of a native plant. Ecology. 2008 Mar; 89(3):754-62.
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Bowers MD. Hostplant suitability and defensive chemistry of the Catalpa sphinx, Ceratomia catalpae. J Chem Ecol. 2003 Oct; 29(10):2359-67.
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Kliss M, Heyenga AG, Hoehn A, Stodieck LS. Recent advances in technologies required for a "Salad Machine". Adv Space Res. 2000; 26(2):263-9.
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Sponheimer M, Lee-Thorp JA. Isotopic evidence for the diet of an early hominid, Australopithecus africanus. Science. 1999 Jan 15; 283(5400):368-70.
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