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Plant-Based Foods – An Inclusive PubMed Search

This article has been superseded by the following: Plant-Based Foods – An Inclusive PubMed Search – Revised 2016 ********************** By Eric Rumsey and Janna Lawrence In our earlier article on searching for plant-based foods (PBF) in PubMed, we suggested that a quick way to search the subject is to combine MeSH plant-related explosions AND ourContinue reading “Plant-Based Foods – An Inclusive PubMed Search”

Plant-Based Foods – A Tricky PubMed Search

This article has been superseded by the following: Plant-Based Foods – A Tricky PubMed Search – Revised 2016 ********************** By Eric Rumsey and Janna Lawrence As discussed in an earlier article, searching for Food-Diet-Nutrition in PubMed is difficult because the subject is spread around in several different places in the MeSH classification system. In another article,Continue reading “Plant-Based Foods – A Tricky PubMed Search”

The meaning of cruciferous

To modern ears, “cruciferous” is all about vegetables. But the word’s rich history shows that it was formerly used in a much broader sense. By Eric Rumsey, Janna Lawrence and Xiaomei Gu In a Google search for the word “cruciferous,“ 9 out of the top 10 retrievals contain the phrase “cruciferous vegetables.” This certainly doesContinue reading “The meaning of cruciferous”

Searching Nutrition In PubMed & Embase: The Winner Is…

By Eric Rumsey and Janna Lawrence As we’ve discussed, the big problem in searching for food-diet-nutrition subjects in PubMed is that the subjects are not together in a convenient bundle, as most subject groupings are in PubMed. To get a list of articles that includes food, diet and nutrition, it’s necessary to search each ofContinue reading “Searching Nutrition In PubMed & Embase: The Winner Is…”