| Descriptor English: | Plants, Medicinal | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | 
                                Plantas Medicinales                                        
                                        
                                                                                                                            
                                            
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Plantas Medicinais | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Plantes médicinales | ||||||
| Entry term(s): | 
                                    Healing Plant Healing Plants Herb, Medicinal Herbs, Medicinal Medicinal Herb Medicinal Herbs Medicinal Plant Medicinal Plants Pharmaceutical Plant Pharmaceutical Plants Plant, Healing Plant, Medicinal Plant, Pharmaceutical Plants, Healing Plants, Pharmaceutical  | 
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| Tree number(s): | 
                                        B01.650.560 | 
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010946 | ||||||
| Scope note: | Plants whose roots, leaves, seeds, bark, or other constituent parts possess therapeutic, tonic, purgative, curative or other pharmacologic attributes, when administered to man or animals. | 
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| Annotation: | IM general only; specify geographic term if pertinent | 
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| Allowable Qualifiers: | 
                                                                        AE                                                            adverse effects AH anatomy & histology CH chemistry CL classification CY cytology DE drug effects EM embryology EN enzymology GD growth & development GE genetics IM immunology ME metabolism MI microbiology PH physiology PO poisoning PS parasitology RE radiation effects TO toxicity UL ultrastructure VI virology  | 
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| Public MeSH Note: | AESCULUS, ARECA, CASTANEA, CHELIDONIUM, CHENOPODIUM, COCA, COLCHICUM, COLOCYNTH, CRATAEGUS, CUBEB, ECHINACEA, ERYTHRINA, GELSEMIUM, GENTIAN, HYDRASTIS, LITHOSPERMUM, MARRUBIUM, MYRICA, PAPAVER, RAUWOLFIA, ROSA, SARSAPARILLA, SALIX, TAMARIND & VALERIAN were headings 1963-85; ADONIS, ASPIDIUM & OLEANDER were see under PLANTS, MEDICINAL 1978-85 and headings 1963-77; AMMI was see under PLANTS, MEDICINAL 1977-85; ALOE & RHUBARB were headings 1963-77; PLANTAGO was see PSYLLIUM 1963-77 | 
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| Online Note: | use PLANTS, MEDICINAL to search AESCULUS, ASPIDIUM, CASTANEA, CHELIDONIUM, CHENOPODIUM, COLOCYNTH, CRATAEGUS, CUBEB, ECHINACEA, GELSEMIUM, GENTIAN, HYDRASTIS, LITHOSPERMUM, MARRUBIUM, MYRICA, RAUWOLFIA, ROSA, SARSAPARILLA, SALIX & TAMARIND 1966-85 | 
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| History Note: | AESCULUS, CASTANEA, CHELIDONIUM, CHENOPODIUM, COLCHICUM, COLOCYNTH, CRATAEGUS, CUBEB, ECHINACEA, GELSEMIUM, GENTIAN, HYDRASTIS, LITHOSPERMUM, MARRUBIUM, MYRICA, RAUWOLFIA, ROSA, SARSAPARILLA, SALIX & TAMARIND were headings 1963-85; ADONIS, ASPIDIUM & OLEANDER were see under PLANTS, MEDICINAL 1978-85 and headings 1963-77; AMMI was see under PLANTS, MEDICINAL 1977-85 | 
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| Related: | 
                                                                                                                        Ethnobotany
                                            MeSH                                             Ethnopharmacology MeSH Medicine, Traditional MeSH Pharmacognosy MeSH Phytotherapy MeSH Plant Extracts MeSH  | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 11379 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D010946 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1960/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2013/07/09 | 
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                                        ORGANISMS
 
Eukaryota [B01]Eukaryota 
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                        Plants, Medicinal                                            
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                        Pharmaceutical Plants                                            
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                        Medicinal Herbs                                            
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                | Concept UI | 
                                        
                                        M0016971 | 
                                
| Scope note | Plants whose roots, leaves, seeds, bark, or other constituent parts possess therapeutic, tonic, purgative, curative or other pharmacologic attributes, when administered to man or animals. | 
| Preferred term | Plants, Medicinal | 
| Entry term(s) | 
                                        
                                                                                            Medicinal Plant                                                 Medicinal Plants Plant, Medicinal  | 
                                
| Concept UI | 
                                        
                                        M0553972 | 
                                
| Scope note | Plants containing an active ingredient(s) with applications for medicinal purposes. | 
| Preferred term | Pharmaceutical Plants | 
| Entry term(s) | 
                                        
                                                                                            Healing Plant                                                 Healing Plants Pharmaceutical Plant Plant, Healing Plant, Pharmaceutical Plants, Healing Plants, Pharmaceutical  | 
                                
| Concept UI | 
                                        
                                        M0016970 | 
                                
| Preferred term | Medicinal Herbs | 
| Entry term(s) | 
                                        
                                                                                            Herb, Medicinal                                                 Herbs, Medicinal Medicinal Herb  | 
                                
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