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Descriptor English: Myroxylon
Descriptor Spanish: Myroxylon
Descriptor Myroxylon
Scope note: Género de plantas de la familia FABACEAE de las que se obtienen bálsamos resinosos aromáticos (Bálsamo de Tolú y Bálsamo de Perú) utilizados en perfumería y en la preparación de jarabes y pastillas para la tos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Myroxylon
Descriptor French: Myroxylon
Entry term(s): Myroxylon balsamum
Myroxylon balsamums
Myroxylon pereirae
Myroxylons
balsamum, Myroxylon
Tree number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.401.601
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D029904
Scope note: A plant genus of the family FABACEAE that is a source of aromatic resinous balsams (Balsam of Tolu and Balsam of Peru) used in perfumery and as a constituent in cough syrups and lozenge.
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: 35828
Unique ID: D029904
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Date Established: 2002/01/01
Date of Entry: 2001/07/25
Revision Date: 2017/07/11
Myroxylon - Preferred
Concept UI M0385481
Scope note A plant genus of the family FABACEAE that is a source of aromatic resinous balsams (Balsam of Tolu and Balsam of Peru) used in perfumery and as a constituent in cough syrups and lozenge.
Preferred term Myroxylon
Entry term(s) Myroxylons
Myroxylon pereirae - Narrower
Concept UI M0387504
Preferred term Myroxylon pereirae
Myroxylon balsamum - Narrower
Concept UI M0385482
Preferred term Myroxylon balsamum
Entry term(s) Myroxylon balsamums
balsamum, Myroxylon



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