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Egg White MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Egg White
Tree Number(s)
G07.203.300.470.700
J02.500.470.700
Unique ID
D004529
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004529
Annotation
white of egg as food or as distinct from EGG YOLK, or egg white from dietary, food technol or econ viewpoint; differentiate from OVALBUMIN, the chemical albumin in egg white; egg-white edema: coord EDEMA (IM) + OVALBUMIN (NIM if indexed at all)
Scope Note
The white of an egg, especially a chicken's egg, used in cooking. It contains albumin. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)
See Also
Ovalbumin
Date Established
1966/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2014/10/14
Egg White Preferred
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