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Descriptor English: Smilax
Descriptor Spanish: Smilax
Descriptor Smilax
Entry term(s) Smilax aspera
Smilax ornata
zarza de caballo
zarzaparrilla
zarzaparrilla jamaicana
Scope note: Género de plantas de la familia SMILACACEAE. Sus miembros contienen esmiglásidos (glucósidos fenilpropanoides) y saponinas esteroideas. Comercialmente, en ocasiones, puede estar adulterados con HEMIDESMUS, lo que puede alterar los resultados experimentales. Las bebidas denominadas zarzaparrilla y cerveza de raíz se preparan a partir de la Smilax ornata (zarzaparrilla jamaicana) y el SASAFRÁS.
Descriptor Portuguese: Smilax
Descriptor French: Smilax
Entry term(s): Greenbriar
Greenbriars
Greenbrier
Greenbriers
Jamaican Sarsaparilla
Jamaican Sarsaparillas
Sarsaparilla
Sarsaparilla, Jamaican
Sarsaparillas
Sarsaparillas, Jamaican
Smilax ornata
Zarzaparilla
Zarzaparillas
Tree number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.618.875.750.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D032281
Scope note: A plant genus of the family SMILACACEAE. Members contain smiglasides (phenylpropanoid glycosides) and steroidal saponins. Commercially it is sometimes adulterated with HEMIDESMUS, which would affect experimental results. Drinks called sarsaparilla and root beer have been prepared from the Smilaz ornata (Jamaican sarsaparilla) and SASSAFRAS.
Annotation: note entry term SARSAPARILLA: SARSAPARILLA, EAST INDIAN see HEMIDESMUS and BRISTLY SARSAPARILLA see ARALIA 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: 37165
Unique ID: D032281
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Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/03
Revision Date: 2017/07/12
Smilax - Preferred
Concept UI M0400145
Scope note A plant genus of the family SMILACACEAE. Members contain smiglasides (phenylpropanoid glycosides) and steroidal saponins. Commercially it is sometimes adulterated with HEMIDESMUS, which would affect experimental results. Drinks called sarsaparilla and root beer have been prepared from the Smilaz ornata (Jamaican sarsaparilla) and SASSAFRAS.
Preferred term Smilax
Entry term(s) Greenbriar
Greenbriars
Greenbrier
Greenbriers
Sarsaparilla
Sarsaparillas
Zarzaparilla
Zarzaparillas
Smilax ornata - Narrower
Concept UI M000615425
Preferred term Smilax ornata
Entry term(s) Jamaican Sarsaparilla
Jamaican Sarsaparillas
Sarsaparilla, Jamaican
Sarsaparillas, Jamaican



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