DeCS

Descriptor English:

Comfrey

Descriptor Spanish:

Consuelda

Spanish from Spain

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):

Consoude officinale
Grande consoude
Symphytum officinale

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 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

DeCS ID:

34150

Unique ID:

D020844

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

2000/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/11/04

Revision Date:

2017/07/11