"Flax" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D019597
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.650.940.800.575.912.250.620.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Flax- Flax
- Flaxs
- Flaxseed
- Flaxseeds
- Linum
- Linums
- Linseed
- Linseeds
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Flax" by people in Profiles.
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Effect of low-fat diets on plasma levels of NF-?B-regulated inflammatory cytokines and angiogenic factors in men with prostate cancer. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2011 Oct; 4(10):1590-8.
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Flaxseed lignan attenuates high-fat diet-induced fat accumulation and induces adiponectin expression in mice. Br J Nutr. 2008 Sep; 100(3):669-76.