Tropism
"Tropism" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The directional growth of an organism in response to an external stimulus such as light, touch, or gravity. Growth towards the stimulus is a positive tropism; growth away from the stimulus is a negative tropism. (From Concise Dictionary of Biology, 1990)
| Descriptor ID |
D018523
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G07.700.320.249.845 G15.744.900
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tropism" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Keith SW, Brown AW, Heo M, Heymsfield SB, Allison DB. Re: "Annurca Apple Nutraceutical Formulation Enhances Keratin Expression in a Human Model of Skin and Promotes Hair Growth and Tropism in a Randomized Clinical Trial" by Tenore et al. (J Med Food 2018;21:90-103). J Med Food. 2019 12; 22(12):1301-1302.