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Descriptor English: Picrorhiza
Descriptor Spanish: Picrorhiza
Descriptor Picrorhiza
Scope note: Género de plantas de la familia Plantaginaceae. Sus miembros contienen escrósidos (CINAMATOS) y glicósido feniletanoide. P. kurrooa es la fuente del Picroliv (una fracción purificada de glicósido iridoide que se obtiene de las raíces y posee propiedades hepatoprotectoras, antiinflamatorias y antioxidantes).
Descriptor Portuguese: Picrorhiza
Descriptor French: Picrorhiza
Entry term(s): Picrorhiza kurrooa
Picrorhiza kurrooas
Picrorhizas
Picrorrhiza
Picrorrhizas
kurrooas, Picrorhiza
Tree number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.700.690
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D032261
Scope note: A plant genus of the family Plantaginaceae. Members contain scrosides (CINNAMATES) and phenylethanoid glycoside. P. kurrooa is the source of picroliv (a purified iridoid glycoside fraction from the roots having hepatoprotective, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties).
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: 37152
Unique ID: D032261
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Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/03
Revision Date: 2017/07/11
Picrorhiza - Preferred
Concept UI M0400003
Scope note A plant genus of the family Plantaginaceae. Members contain scrosides (CINNAMATES) and phenylethanoid glycoside. P. kurrooa is the source of picroliv (a purified iridoid glycoside fraction from the roots having hepatoprotective, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties).
Preferred term Picrorhiza
Entry term(s) Picrorhizas
Picrorrhiza
Picrorrhizas
Picrorhiza kurrooa - Narrower
Concept UI M0400004
Preferred term Picrorhiza kurrooa
Entry term(s) Picrorhiza kurrooas
kurrooas, Picrorhiza



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