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Gossypium

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Definition: A plant genus of the family MALVACEAE. It is the source of COTTON FIBER; COTTONSEED OIL, which is used for cooking, and GOSSYPOL. The economically important cotton crop is a major user of agricultural PESTICIDES.  coord with specific PLANT STRUCTURES term if pertinent; for use in therapy coord IM with PHYTOTHERAPY (IM) + disease/drug ther (IM) + PLANT PREPARATIONS or its indentations/ther use (IM or NIM) + specific plant chemical /ther use (IM) if pertinent; Manua   
See Also Cotton Fiber
Other names Cotton Plant; Plants, Cotton; Plant, Cotton; Gossypiums; Cotton Plants
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
cab-151 protein, Gossypium hirsutum  147204-86-2   *Plant Proteins *Photosystem II Protein Complex *Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes Gossypium. Plant Mol Biol 1992 Feb;18(4):841-2

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