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Descriptor English: Asarum
Descriptor Spanish: Asarum
Descriptor Asarum
Entry term(s) Asarum canadense
Asarum canadenses
Asarum carolinianum
jengibre de Canadá
jengibre salvaje
jengibre salvaje canadiense
jengibre salvaje de Canadá
jengibre silvestre
serpentaria de Canadá
ásaro
ásaros
Scope note: Género de plantas de la familia ARISTOLOCHIACEAE que se utilizaron con fines medicinales por los indios de América del Norte. El nombre común de "raíz culebrera" se emplea también para muchas otras plantas, incluida la SANICULA, la ARISTOLOCHIA o la Polygala.
Descriptor Portuguese: Asarum
Descriptor French: Asarum
Entry term(s): Asarum canadense
Asarum canadenses
Asarums
Canada Snakeroot
Canada Snakeroots
Ginger, Wild
Gingers, Wild
Snakeroot, Canada
Snakeroots, Canada
Wild Ginger
Wild Gingers
canadense, Asarum
Tree number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.096.233
HP4.018.602.600.103
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D030023
Scope note: A plant genus of the family ARISTOLOCHIACEAE which was used medicinally by North American Indians. The common name of 'snakeroot' is also used for many other plants, including SANICULA; or ARISTOLOCHIA; or Polygala.
Annotation: snakeroot may or may not go here, check text; note entry term WILD GINGER: GINGER is also available
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
Public MeSH Note: 2002
History Note: 2002
DeCS ID: 35704
Unique ID: D030023
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2002/01/01
Date of Entry: 2001/07/25
Revision Date: 2017/07/11
Asarum - Preferred
Concept UI M0385658
Scope note A plant genus of the family ARISTOLOCHIACEAE which was used medicinally by North American Indians. The common name of 'snakeroot' is also used for many other plants, including SANICULA; or ARISTOLOCHIA; or Polygala.
Preferred term Asarum
Entry term(s) Asarums
Asarum canadense - Narrower
Concept UI M0385659
Preferred term Asarum canadense
Entry term(s) Asarum canadenses
Canada Snakeroot
Canada Snakeroots
Ginger, Wild
Gingers, Wild
Snakeroot, Canada
Snakeroots, Canada
Wild Ginger
Wild Gingers
canadense, Asarum



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