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Descriptor English: Conium
Descriptor Spanish: Conium
Descriptor Conium
Entry term(s) Conium maculatum
cicuta venenosa
Scope note: Género de plantas de la familia APIACEAE que es fuente de coniina.
Descriptor Portuguese: Conium
Descriptor French: Conium
Entry term(s): Conium maculatum
Conium maculatums
Coniums
Hemlock, Poison
Hemlocks, Poison
Poison Hemlock
Poison Hemlocks
maculatums, Conium
Tree number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.075.205
HP4.018.602.600.263
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D029982
Scope note: A plant genus of the family APIACEAE that is a source of coniine.
Annotation: note entry term POISON HEMLOCK: use only for this plant and not for poisoning by other HEMLOCK plants
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: Hemlock (1995-2001)
Public MeSH Note: 2002; for CONIUM MACULATUM see HEMLOCK 1995-2001
History Note: 2002; for CONIUM MACULATUM use HEMLOCK 1995-2001
DeCS ID: 35673
Unique ID: D029982
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Date Established: 2002/01/01
Date of Entry: 2001/07/25
Revision Date: 2017/07/07
Conium - Preferred
Concept UI M0385580
Scope note A plant genus of the family APIACEAE that is a source of coniine.
Preferred term Conium
Entry term(s) Coniums
Hemlock, Poison
Hemlocks, Poison
Poison Hemlock
Poison Hemlocks
Conium maculatum - Narrower
Concept UI M0027949
Scope note Conium maculatum is a large toxic umbelliferous plant, which contains the alkaloid coniine which affects the nervous system. The dried, fully grown, unripe fruit has sedative, anodyne, and antispasmodic effects.
Preferred term Conium maculatum
Entry term(s) Conium maculatums
maculatums, Conium



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