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Descriptor English: Coca
Descriptor Spanish: Coca
Descriptor coca
Entry term(s) Erythroxylon
coca de erythroxylon
Scope note: Cualquiera de los diversos arbustos de Sudamérica del género (y familia) Erythroxylon que producen COCAÍNA; las hojas se mascan con alumbre para la estimulación del SNC.
Descriptor Portuguese: Coca
Descriptor French: Coca
Entry term(s): Cocas
Erythroxylon
Erythroxylons
Tree number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.346.500
HP4.018.189.613
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003041
Scope note: Any of several South American shrubs of the Erythroxylon genus (and family) that yield COCAINE; the leaves are chewed with alum for CNS stimulation.
Annotation: do not confuse with cocoa see CACAO
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
DeCS ID: 3069
Unique ID: D003041
NLM Classification: QV 113
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/07/11
Coca - Preferred
Concept UI M0004669
Scope note Any of several South American shrubs of the Erythroxylon genus (and family) that yield COCAINE; the leaves are chewed with alum for CNS stimulation.
Preferred term Coca
Entry term(s) Cocas
Erythroxylon
Erythroxylons



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