Amaranthus
"Amaranthus" 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.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D027721
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.650.940.800.575.100.037.130
|
| Concept/Terms |
Amaranthus- Amaranthus
- Amaranth Plant
- Amaranth Plants
- Plant, Amaranth
- Plants, Amaranth
Redroot Pigweed- Redroot Pigweed
- Pigweed, Redroot
- Pigweeds, Redroot
- Redroot Pigweeds
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Amaranthus".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Amaranthus".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Amaranthus" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Amaranthus" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
![]()
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Amaranthus" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.