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Descriptor English: Comfrey
Descriptor Spanish: Consuelda
Descriptor consuelda
Scope note: Hierba perenne Symphytum officinale, de la familia Boraginaceae, se emplea tópicamente para la cicatrización de heridas. Contiene ALANTOINA, caroteno, aceites esenciales (ACEITES VOLATILES), GLICOSIDOS, mucílago, resina, SAPONINAS, TANINOS, triterpenoides, VITAMINA B12 y CINC. La consuelda contiene también ALCALOIDES DE PIRROLICIDINA y es hepatotóxica si se ingiere.
Descriptor Portuguese: Confrei
Descriptor French: Consoude
Entry term(s): Comfreys
Symphytum officinale
Symphytum officinales
officinales, Symphytum
Tree number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.150.210
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020844
Scope note: Perennial herb Symphytum officinale, in the family Boraginaceae, used topically for wound healing. It contains ALLANTOIN, carotene, essential oils (OILS, VOLATILE); GLYCOSIDES; mucilage, resin, SAPONINS; TANNINS; triterpenoids, VITAMIN B12, and ZINC. Comfrey also contains PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS and is hepatotoxic if ingested.
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
Previous Indexing: Plants, Medicinal (1967-1999)
Public MeSH Note: 2000
History Note: 2000
DeCS ID: 34150
Unique ID: D020844
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Date Established: 2000/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/11/04
Revision Date: 2017/07/11
Comfrey - Preferred
Concept UI M0328447
Scope note Perennial herb Symphytum officinale, in the family Boraginaceae, used topically for wound healing. It contains ALLANTOIN, carotene, essential oils (OILS, VOLATILE); GLYCOSIDES; mucilage, resin, SAPONINS; TANNINS; triterpenoids, VITAMIN B12, and ZINC. Comfrey also contains PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS and is hepatotoxic if ingested.
Preferred term Comfrey
Entry term(s) Comfreys
Symphytum officinale
Symphytum officinales
officinales, Symphytum



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