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Descriptor English: Hemidesmus
Descriptor Spanish: Hemidesmus
Descriptor Hemidesmus
Entry term(s) zarzaparrilla de Indias
Scope note: Género de plantas de la familia Apocynaceae. Constituyen una fuente de PREGNANOS y, en ocasiones, son un adulterante de la zarzaparrilla comercial (SMILAX).
Descriptor Portuguese: Hemidesmus
Descriptor French: Hemidesmus
Entry term(s): Anantamul
East Indian Sarsaparilla
Hemidesmus indicus
Periploca indica
Sarsaparilla, East Indian
Tree number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.456.500.341
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D031102
Scope note: A plant genus of the family Apocynaceae. It is a source of PREGNANES and is sometimes an adulterant of commercial sarsaparilla (SMILAX).
Annotation: note entry term BRISTLY SARSAPARILLA: SARSAPARILLA see SMILAX and SARSAPARILLA, EAST INDIAN see HEMIDESMUS are 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: 2003
History Note: 2003
DeCS ID: 36685
Unique ID: D031102
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Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/02
Revision Date: 2017/07/11
Hemidesmus - Preferred
Concept UI M0396554
Scope note A plant genus of the family Apocynaceae. It is a source of PREGNANES and is sometimes an adulterant of commercial sarsaparilla (SMILAX).
Preferred term Hemidesmus
Hemidesmus indicus - Narrower
Concept UI M0396555
Preferred term Hemidesmus indicus
Entry term(s) Anantamul
East Indian Sarsaparilla
Periploca indica
Sarsaparilla, East Indian



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