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Descriptor English:

Plantago

Descriptor Spanish:

Plantago

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Descriptor	Plantago
Entry term(s)	llantén zaragatona
Scope note:	Género de plantas de la familia Plantaginaceae. Las pequeñas plantas presentan un denso penacho basal de hojas, los tallos son largos, sin hojas, y terminan en una aguja de flores pequeñas. Las semillas, denominadas PSYLLIUM, se hinchan con el agua y se utilizan como laxante. Las hojas de estas plantas se han usado con fines medicinales.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Plantago

Descriptor French:

Plantago

Entry term(s):

Plantain

Tree number(s):

B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.700.700

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010943

Scope note:

A plant genus of the family Plantaginaceae. The small plants usually have a dense tuft of basal leaves and long, leafless stalks bearing a terminal spike of small flowers. The seeds, known as PSYLLIUM, swell in water and are used as laxatives. The leaves have been used medicinally.

Annotation:

note entry term PLANTAIN: for the banana-like fruit or green plantain flour use MUSA

Allowable Qualifiers:

AE effets indésirables
AH anatomie et histologie
CH composition chimique
CL classification
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PH physiologie
PO intoxication
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
TO toxicité
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie