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Descriptor English: Taxus
Descriptor Spanish: Taxus
Descriptor Taxus
Entry term(s) Taxus brevifolia
Scope note: Género de tejos, árboles o arbustos de la familia Taxaceae. Algunas especies tienen usos medicinales. Destaca Taxus brevifolia (tejo del Pacífico), que se utiliza para hacer el PACLITAXEL, un antineoplásico.
Descriptor Portuguese: Taxus
Descriptor French: Taxus
Entry term(s): Taxus brevifolia
Taxus brevifolias
brevifolia, Taxus
Tree number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.625.937.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020946
Scope note: Genus of coniferous yew trees or shrubs, several species of which have medicinal uses. Notable is the Pacific yew, Taxus brevifolia, which is used to make the anti-neoplastic drug taxol (PACLITAXEL).
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 (1971-1999)
Trees (1965-1999)
Public MeSH Note: 2000
History Note: 2000
DeCS ID: 34156
Unique ID: D020946
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Date Established: 2000/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/11/03
Revision Date: 2017/07/12
Taxus - Preferred
Concept UI M0328579
Scope note Genus of coniferous yew trees or shrubs, several species of which have medicinal uses. Notable is the Pacific yew, Taxus brevifolia, which is used to make the anti-neoplastic drug taxol (PACLITAXEL).
Preferred term Taxus
Taxus brevifolia - Narrower
Concept UI M0332344
Preferred term Taxus brevifolia
Entry term(s) Taxus brevifolias
brevifolia, Taxus



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