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Last uploaded: January 31, 2024
Preferred Name

flaxseed

Synonyms

linseed

Linum usitatissimum

lint bells

linum

Definitions

Seed isolated from one of several species of the plant genus Linum. Flaxseed-derived foods, lignans, and essential fatty acids such as alpha-linolenic acid, possess anti-inflammatory, lipid-lowering, antioxidant, and antineoplastic properties. Check for "https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/clinical-trials/intervention/C26650" active clinical trials using this agent. ("http://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI%20Thesaurus&code=C26650" NCI Thesaurus)

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/PDQ/CDR0000258213

altLabel

linseed

Linum usitatissimum

lint bells

linum

cui

C1095866

Date last modified

2006-08-02

definition

Seed isolated from one of several species of the plant genus Linum. Flaxseed-derived foods, lignans, and essential fatty acids such as alpha-linolenic acid, possess anti-inflammatory, lipid-lowering, antioxidant, and antineoplastic properties. Check for "https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/clinical-trials/intervention/C26650" active clinical trials using this agent. ("http://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI%20Thesaurus&code=C26650" NCI Thesaurus)

Legacy PDQ ID

11480

NCI ID

C26650

notation

CDR0000258213

ORIG STY

Drug/agent

prefLabel

flaxseed

tui

T002

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