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Luteovirus
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D017793 |
[A genus of plant viruses that infects both monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plants. Its organisms are persistently transmitted by aphids, and weeds may provide reservoirs of infection.
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Lutetium
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D008187 |
[An element of the rare earth family of metals. It has the atomic symbol Lu, atomic number 71, and atomic weight 175.
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Lutheran Blood-Group System
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D008188 |
[A complex blood group system having pairs of alternate antigens and amorphic genes, but also subject to a dominant independently segregating repressor.
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Luxembourg
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D008189 |
[Country in Europe, between France and Germany.
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Lyases
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D008190 |
[A class of enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of C-C, C-O, and C-N, and other bonds by other means than by hydrolysis or oxidation. (Enzyme Nomenclature, 1992) EC 4.
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Lychnis
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D031244 |
[A plant genus of the family CARYOPHYLLACEAE. The common name "Campion" is also used with SILENE.
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Lycium
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D032305 |
[A plant genus of the family SOLANACEAE. Members contain CEREBROSIDES and SCOPOLETIN.
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Lycopene
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D000077276 |
[A carotenoid and red pigment produced by tomatoes, other red fruits and vegetables, and photosynthetic algae. It is a key intermediate in the biosynthesis of other carotenoids, and has antioxidant, anti-carcinogenic, radioprotective, and anti-inflammatory properties.
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Lycopersicon esculentum
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D018551 |
[A plant species of the family SOLANACEAE, native of South America, widely cultivated for their edible, fleshy, usually red fruit.
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Lycopodiaceae
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D029542 |
[The club-moss plant family of the order Lycopodiales, class Lycopodiopsida, division Lycopodiophyta, subkingdom TRACHEOPHYTA. The common name of clubmoss applies to several genera of this family. Despite the name this is not one of the true mosses (BRYOPSIDA ).
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Lycopodium
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D032502 |
[A plant genus of the family LYCOPODIACEAE. Members contain ALKALOIDS. Lycopodium oil is obtained from L. clavatum.
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Lycopus
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D031333 |
[A plant genus of the family LAMIACEAE that contains rosmarinic acid and isopimarane diterpenoids and has been used in folk medicine for HYPERTHYROIDISM.
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Lycoris
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D031426 |
[A plant genus of the family Amaryllidaceae. Members contain radiatine, vittatine, haemanthamine, lycorenine, dihydrolycorine, lycorine, lycoricidinol and lycoricidine.
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Lye
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D008191 |
[Generally speaking, it is the alkaline substance obtained from wood ashes by percolation. Preparations of lye can be solutions of either potassium or sodium hydroxide. The term lye, is also used to refer to the household product which is a mixture of sodium hydroxide and sodium carbonate.
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Lyme Disease
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D008193 |
[An infectious disease caused by a spirochete, BORRELIA BURGDORFERI, which is transmitted chiefly by Ixodes dammini (see IXODES) and pacificus ticks in the United States and Ixodes ricinis (see IXODES) in Europe. It is a disease with early and late cutaneous manifestations plus involvement of the nervous system, heart, eye, and joints in variable combinations. The disease was formerly known as Lyme arthritis and first discovered at Old Lyme, Connecticut.
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Lyme Disease Vaccines
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D022123 |
[Vaccines or candidate vaccines used to prevent LYME DISEASE.
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Lyme Neuroborreliosis
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D020852 |
[Nervous system infections caused by tick-borne spirochetes of the BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP. The disease may affect elements of the central or peripheral nervous system in isolation or in combination. Common clinical manifestations include a lymphocytic meningitis, cranial neuropathy (most often a facial neuropathy), POLYRADICULOPATHY, and a mild loss of memory and other cognitive functions. Less often more extensive inflammation involving the central nervous system (encephalomyelitis) may occur. In the peripheral nervous system, B. burgdorferi infection is associated with mononeuritis multiplex and polyradiculoneuritis. (From J Neurol Sci 1998 Jan 8;153(2):182-91)
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Lymecycline
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D008194 |
[A semisynthetic antibiotic related to TETRACYCLINE. It is more readily absorbed than TETRACYCLINE and can be used in lower doses.
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Lymnaea
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D008195 |
[A genus of dextrally coiled freshwater snails that includes some species of importance as intermediate hosts of parasitic flukes.
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Lymph
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D008196 |
[The interstitial fluid that is in the LYMPHATIC SYSTEM.
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