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Descriptor English: Balanites
Descriptor Spanish: Balanites
Descriptor Balanites
Scope note: Género de plantas de la familia ZYGOPPHYLLACEAE. Se han encontrado en este género feruloiltiramina, balanitósido (glucósido de furostanol) y saponinas esteroideas citostáticas. El extracto acuoso del la fruta de B. aegyptiaca se emplea tradicionalmente como antihelmíntico en el Sudán.
Descriptor Portuguese: Balanites
Descriptor French: Balanites
Entry term(s): Balanite
Tree number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.987.088
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D032430
Scope note: A plant genus of the family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE. Feruloyltyramine, balanitoside (a furostanol glycoside), and cytostatic steroidal saponins have been found in this genus. B. aegyptiaca fruit water extract is traditionally used as an anthelmintic in the Sudan.
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: 37219
Unique ID: D032430
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Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/02
Revision Date: 2017/07/11
Balanites - Preferred
Concept UI M0400513
Scope note A plant genus of the family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE. Feruloyltyramine, balanitoside (a furostanol glycoside), and cytostatic steroidal saponins have been found in this genus. B. aegyptiaca fruit water extract is traditionally used as an anthelmintic in the Sudan.
Preferred term Balanites
Entry term(s) Balanite



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