"Latex" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A milky, product excreted from the latex canals of a variety of plant species that contain cauotchouc. Latex is composed of 25-35% caoutchouc, 60-75% water, 2% protein, 2% resin, 1.5% sugar & 1% ash. RUBBER is made by the removal of water from latex.(From Concise Encyclopedia Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 3rd ed). Hevein proteins are responsible for LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY. Latexes are used as inert vehicles to carry antibodies or antigens in LATEX FIXATION TESTS.
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D05.750.078.625 D20.215.721.124 D25.720.099.625 D25.720.099.750.500 D25.720.327.840.239 J01.637.051.720.099.625 J01.637.051.720.540
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Anthelmintic activity of the latex of Ficus species. J Ethnopharmacol. 1999 Mar; 64(3):255-8.