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Descriptor
English
:
Pollen
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Polen
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Pólen
Tree Number:
B06.413.024.249.500.500
Definition
English
:
The
male
fertilizing element of flowering
PLANTS
analogous to sperm in
animals
. It is released from the anthers as a
dust
, to be carried by insect or other vectors, including
wind
, to the
ovary
(stigma) of other
FLOWERS
, in process of
POLLINATION
, to produce the embryo enclosed by the seed. The pollens of many
plants
are allergenic.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
coordinate with specific plant;
pollen
as an allergen: coordinate IM with
ALLERGENS
(IM);
hypersensitivity
: consider
RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY
and its specifics particularly
RHINITIS
, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL
See Related
English
:
Allergens
Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
AE
adverse effects
AH
anatomy & histology
CH
chemistry
CL
classification
CY
cytology
DE
drug effects
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
GE
genetics
GD
growth & development
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
PS
parasitology
PH
physiology
PO
poisoning
RE
radiation effects
TO
toxicity
UL
ultrastructure
VI
virology
Record Number:
11491
Unique Identifier:
D011058
Occurrence in VHL
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