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Descriptor English: Withania
Descriptor Spanish: Withania
Descriptor Withania
Scope note: Género de plantas de la familia SOLANACEAE. Sus miembros contienen withanólidos. De Withania somnifera se obtienen ashwagandha y aswal.
Descriptor Portuguese: Withania
Descriptor French: Withania
Entry term(s): Withania somnifera
Withania somniferas
Withanias
somniferas, Withania
Tree number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.908.500.950
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D032341
Scope note: A plant genus of the family SOLANACEAE. Members contain withanolides. Withania somnifera is the source of ashwagandha and aswal.
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: 37179
Unique ID: D032341
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Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/03
Revision Date: 2018/06/15
Withania - Preferred
Concept UI M0400303
Scope note A plant genus of the family SOLANACEAE. Members contain withanolides. Withania somnifera is the source of ashwagandha and aswal.
Preferred term Withania
Entry term(s) Withanias
Withania somnifera - Narrower
Concept UI M0400304
Preferred term Withania somnifera
Entry term(s) Withania somniferas
somniferas, Withania



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