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Descriptor English: Mikania
Descriptor Spanish: Mikania
Descriptor Mikania
Entry term(s) Mikania amara
Mikania cordifolia
Mikania glomerata
Mikania guaco
Mikania officinalis
Mikania scandens
guaco
guacos
huaco
mikanias
Scope note: Género de plantas de la familia ASTERACEAE. Sus miembros contienen scandenolide (una lactona sesquiterpénica) y germacranólidos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Mikania
Descriptor French: Mikania
Entry term(s): Guaco
Guacos
Mikania glomerata
Mikania scandens
Mikanias
Tree number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.100.512
HP4.018.602.600.592
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D035742
Scope note: A plant genus of the family ASTERACEAE. Members contain scandenolide (a sesquiterpene lactone) and germacranolides.
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: 36731
Unique ID: D035742
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Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/03
Revision Date: 2017/07/11
Mikania - Preferred
Concept UI M0408090
Scope note A plant genus of the family ASTERACEAE. Members contain scandenolide (a sesquiterpene lactone) and germacranolides.
Preferred term Mikania
Entry term(s) Guaco
Guacos
Mikanias
Mikania glomerata - Narrower
Concept UI FD00059258
Scope note Homeopathic remedy. Mikania amara. Abbrev.: "gua.". Plant origin. Original habitat: South America. Parts used: leaves.
Preferred term Mikania glomerata
Mikania scandens - Narrower
Concept UI FD00063100
Preferred term Mikania scandens



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