Search
Descriptor English: Brucea
Descriptor Spanish: Brucea
Descriptor Brucea
Scope note: Género de plantas de la familia SIMAROUBACEAE. Los miembros contienen bruceósidos y bruceanoles (quassinoides). Se han empleado las semillas astringentes para tratar la disentería en el sudeste asiático.
Descriptor Portuguese: Brucea
Descriptor French: Brucea
Entry term(s): Bruceas
Tree number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.898.111
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D032269
Scope note: A plant genus of the family SIMAROUBACEAE. Members contain bruceosides and bruceanols (quassinoids). The astringent seeds have been used to treat dysentery in southeastern Asia.
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: 37160
Unique ID: D032269
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/02
Revision Date: 2017/07/11
Brucea - Preferred
Concept UI M0400016
Scope note A plant genus of the family SIMAROUBACEAE. Members contain bruceosides and bruceanols (quassinoids). The astringent seeds have been used to treat dysentery in southeastern Asia.
Preferred term Brucea
Entry term(s) Bruceas



We want your feedback on the new DeCS / MeSH website

We invite you to complete a survey that will take no more than 3 minutes.

Go to survey