"Plants, Edible" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
Concept/Terms
Plants, Edible- Plants, Edible
- Edible Plant
- Edible Plants
- Plant, Edible
- Food Plants
- Food Plant
- Plant, Food
- Plants, Food
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Plants, Edible" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Plants, Edible" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Plants, Edible" by people in Profiles.
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Contributions of the international plant science community to the fight against infectious diseases in humans-part 2: Affordable drugs in edible plants for endemic and re-emerging diseases. Plant Biotechnol J. 2021 10; 19(10):1921-1936.
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Measuring Dietary Botanical Diversity as a Proxy for Phytochemical Exposure. Nutrients. 2021 Apr 14; 13(4).
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Plant-Based Meat and Dairy Substitutes as Appropriate Alternatives to Animal-Based Products? J Nutr. 2021 01 04; 151(1):3-4.
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Lutein Supplementation for Eye Diseases. Nutrients. 2020 Jun 09; 12(6).
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Comparative analysis of the skim milk and milk fat globule membrane proteomes produced by Jersey cows grazing pastures with different plant species diversity. J Dairy Sci. 2020 Aug; 103(8):7498-7508.
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The Effect of Wolffia globosa Mankai, a Green Aquatic Plant, on Postprandial Glycemic Response: A Randomized Crossover Controlled Trial. Diabetes Care. 2019 07; 42(7):1162-1169.
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Comparative study on the composition of free amino acids and derivatives in the two botanical origins of an edible Chinese herb "Xiebai", i.e., Allium chinense G. Don and Allium macrostemon Bunge species. Food Res Int. 2018 04; 106:446-457.
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Can Families Eat Better Without Spending More? Improving Diet Quality Does Not Increase Diet Cost in a Randomized Clinical Trial among Youth with Type 1 Diabetes and Their Parents. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2016 11; 116(11):1751-1759.e1.
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Chemical composition of selected seaweeds from the Indian Ocean, KwaZulu-Natal coast, South Africa. J Environ Sci Health B. 2016 Aug 02; 51(8):525-33.
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"Those edibles hit hard": Exploration of Twitter data on cannabis edibles in the U.S. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2016 Jul 01; 164:64-70.