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Descriptor English: Pueraria
Descriptor Spanish: Pueraria
Descriptor Pueraria
Entry term(s) Pachyrhizus thunbergianus
kudzu
kudzú común
Scope note: Género de plantas de la familia FABACEAE, común en el sureste de Estados Unidos. Se ha utilizado popularmente en el alcoholismo y como protector hepático. Contiene puerarina, kakalida, daidzeína (isoflavonoides) y kudzusaponinas (glucósidos triterpénicos de tipo oleanénico).
Descriptor Portuguese: Pueraria
Descriptor French: Pueraria
Entry term(s): Kudzu
Pachyrhizus thunbergianus
Pueraria lobata
Pueraria montana
Pueraria tuberosa
Puerariae
Tree number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.401.714
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D029908
Scope note: A plant genus of the family FABACEAE a common weed of the southeast US. There has been folk use for alcoholism and liver protection. It contains puerarin, kakkalide, daidzein (isoflavonoids), and kudzusaponins (oleanene-type triterpene glycosides).
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: 35834
Unique ID: D029908
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Date Established: 2002/01/01
Date of Entry: 2001/07/25
Revision Date: 2017/07/12
Pueraria - Preferred
Concept UI M0385489
Preferred term Pueraria
Entry term(s) Puerariae
Kudzu - Narrower
Concept UI M0385490
Preferred term Kudzu
Pueraria tuberosa - Narrower
Concept UI M0389286
Preferred term Pueraria tuberosa
Pueraria montana - Narrower
Concept UI M0397079
Preferred term Pueraria montana
Entry term(s) Pachyrhizus thunbergianus
Pueraria lobata - Narrower
Concept UI M0389285
Preferred term Pueraria lobata



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