"Photosynthesis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The synthesis by organisms of organic chemical compounds, especially carbohydrates, from carbon dioxide using energy obtained from light rather than from the oxidation of chemical compounds. Photosynthesis comprises two separate processes: the light reactions and the dark reactions. In higher plants; GREEN ALGAE; and CYANOBACTERIA; NADPH and ATP formed by the light reactions drive the dark reactions which result in the fixation of carbon dioxide. (from Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2001)
| Descriptor ID |
D010788
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G02.111.158.937 G02.111.669.700 G02.740.921 G03.191.937 G03.493.700 G03.800.700 G15.568
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| Concept/Terms |
Reductive Pentose Phosphate Cycle- Reductive Pentose Phosphate Cycle
- Calvin-Benson Cycle
- Calvin Benson Cycle
- Cycle, Calvin-Benson
- Calvin-Benson-Bassham Cycle
- Calvin Benson Bassham Cycle
- Cycle, Calvin-Benson-Bassham
- Calvin Cycle
- Cycle, Calvin
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