"Cacao" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A tree of the family Sterculiaceae (or Byttneriaceae), usually Theobroma cacao, or its seeds, which after fermentation and roasting, yield cocoa and CHOCOLATE.
| Descriptor ID |
D002099
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.650.940.800.575.912.250.915.144
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| Concept/Terms |
Cacao- Cacao
- Cacaos
- Theobroma cacao
- Cocoa Plant
- Cocoa Plants
- Plant, Cocoa
- Plants, Cocoa
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cacao" by people in Profiles.
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Maskarinec G, Jacobs S, Shvetsov Y, Boushey CJ, Setiawan VW, Kolonel LN, Haiman CA, Le Marchand L. Intake of cocoa products and risk of type-2 diabetes: the multiethnic cohort. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2019 05; 73(5):671-678.
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Mulla ZD, Carrillo T, Kalamegham R, Hernandez LL, Portugal E, Nuwayhid BS. Is maternal colonization with group B streptococci a risk factor for preeclampsia? J Reprod Med. 2015 Mar-Apr; 60(3-4):117-26.
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R?os JL, Betancourt J, Pag?n I, Fabi?n C, Cruz SY, Gonz?lez AM, Gonz?lez MJ, Rivera-Soto WT, Palacios C. Caffeinated-beverage consumption and its association with socio-demographic characteristics and self-perceived academic stress in first and second year students at the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus (UPR-MSC). P R Health Sci J. 2013 Jun; 32(2):95-100.
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Goh W, Kallianpur KJ, Chow D, Almeida PG, Brown AC, Pager S, Sil P. Chocolate and acne: how valid was the original study? Clin Dermatol. 2011 Jul-Aug; 29(4):459-60.
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Maskarinec G. Cancer protective properties of cocoa: a review of the epidemiologic evidence. Nutr Cancer. 2009; 61(5):573-9.
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Ramiro-Puig E, Casades?s G, Lee HG, Zhu X, McShea A, Perry G, P?rez-Cano FJ, Smith MA, Castell M. Neuroprotective effect of cocoa flavonoids on in vitro oxidative stress. Eur J Nutr. 2009 Feb; 48(1):54-61.