Organisms

Amaranthus

A plant genus, in the family AMARANTHACEAE, best known as a source of high-protein grain crops and of Red Dye No. 2 (AMARANTH DYE). Tumbleweed sometimes refers to Amaranthus but more often refers to SALSOLA.

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Abstract

A plant genus, in the family AMARANTHACEAE, best known as a source of high-protein grain crops and of Red Dye No. 2 (AMARANTH DYE). Tumbleweed sometimes refers to Amaranthus but more often refers to SALSOLA.

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Synonyms

8 entry terms
  • Amaranth Plant
  • Amaranth Plants
  • Plant, Amaranth
  • Plants, Amaranth
  • Redroot Pigweed
  • Pigweed, Redroot
  • Pigweeds, Redroot
  • Redroot Pigweeds

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20 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, anatomy & histology, chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, toxicity, ultrastructure, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

entry term REDROOT PIGWEED: REDROOT see SANGUINARIA is also available; AMARANTH DYE is also available

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History Note

2002

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Previous Indexing

  • Amaranth Dye (1988-2001)
  • Cereals (1980-2001)
  • Phytotherapy (1981-2001)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Amaranthus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D027721. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D027721
  2. Amaranthus. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaranth
  3. Amaranthus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q156344