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MeSH Heading: Flax
Tree Number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.859.797.620.500
Unique ID: D019597
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019597
Annotation: despite entry term FLAXSEED, coord IM with SEEDS (IM)
Scope Note: A plant genus of the family LINACEAE that is cultivated for its fiber (manufactured into linen cloth). It contains a trypsin inhibitor and the seed is the source of LINSEED OIL.
Entry Term(s): Flaxseed; Linseed; Linum; Linum usitatissimum
Registry Number: txid4005
Related Numbers: txid4006
Public MeSH Note: 98
History Note: 98
Date Established: 1998/01/01
Date of Entry: 1997/06/20
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

anatomy & histology (AH)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

toxicity (TO)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0029097
Registry Number: txid4005
Related Numbers: txid4006
Scope Note: A plant genus of the family LINACEAE that is cultivated for its fiber (manufactured into linen cloth). It contains a trypsin inhibitor and the seed is the source of LINSEED OIL.
Terms: Flax Preferred Term
Term UI T058316
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Flaxseed
Term UI T058318
Date10/08/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Linum
Term UI T058317
Date09/25/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Linseed
Term UI T058315
Date08/23/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998)

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