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MeSH HeadingPlants, Medicinal
Record TypeD
Entry TermHerbs, Medicinal
Entry TermMedicinal Herbs
Tree NumberB06.560
Allowable QualifiersAE AH CH CL CY DE EM EN GD GE IM ME MI PH PO PS RE TO TU UL VI
See AlsoAlkaloids
See AlsoEthnobotany
See AlsoPharmacognosy
See AlsoPlant Extracts
Annotationspecify geog if pertinent; use qualif available to PLANTS with discretion; in addition to specific medicinal plants indented, see many medicinal specifics in Cat B6 under PLANTS, TOXIC; medicinal plants in Chinese med: coord IM with MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL (NIM); TN J; TN 148: MeSH plant names CATALOG: /geog /form
Scope NotePlants whose roots, leaves, seeds, bark, or other constituent possess therapeutic, tonic, purgative, or other pharmacologic activity when administered to higher animals.
Online Noteuse PLANTS, MEDICINAL to search AESCULUS, ASPIDIUM, CASTANEA, CHELIDONIUM, CHENOPODIUM, COLOCYNTH, CRATAEGUS, CUBEB, ECHINACEA, GELSEMIUM, GENTIAN, HYDRASTIS, LITHOSPERMUM, MARRUBIUM, MYRICA, RAUWOLFIA, ROSA, SARSAPARILLA, SALIX & TAMARIND 1966-85
History NoteAESCULUS, CASTANEA, CHELIDONIUM, CHENOPODIUM, COLCHICUM, COLOCYNTH, CRATAEGUS, CUBEB, ECHINACEA, GELSEMIUM, GENTIAN, HYDRASTIS, LITHOSPERMUM, MARRUBIUM, MYRICA, RAUWOLFIA, ROSA, SARSAPARILLA, SALIX & TAMARIND were headings 1963-85; ADONIS, ASPIDIUM & OLEANDER were see under PLANTS, MEDICINAL 1978-85 and headings 1963-77; AMMI was see under PLANTS, MEDICINAL 1977-85
Unique IDD010946


MeSH Tree Structures

Plants [B06]
Organisms, Transgenic [B06.275]  +
Plant Families and Groups [B06.388]  +
Plant Components [B06.413]  +
Plants, Edible [B06.510]  +
Plants, Medicinal [B06.560]
Aloe [B06.560.050]
Areca [B06.560.077]
Arnica [B06.560.090]
Artemisia [B06.560.097]
Belladonna [B06.560.100]
Capsicum [B06.560.145]
Cinchona [B06.560.206]
Coca [B06.560.216]
Colchicum [B06.560.224]
Digitalis [B06.560.290]
Erythrina [B06.560.331]
Eucalyptus [B06.560.343]
Ferula [B06.560.373]
Garlic [B06.560.410]
Ginseng [B06.560.434]
Legumes [B06.560.546]  +
Mustard [B06.560.610]
Papaver [B06.560.671]
Plantago [B06.560.690]
Podophyllum [B06.560.706]
Rauwolfia [B06.560.755]
Rhamnus [B06.560.765]
Rhubarb [B06.560.771]
Stramonium [B06.560.850]
Valerian [B06.560.956]
Veratrum [B06.560.965]
Viscum [B06.560.975]
Plants, Toxic [B06.660]  +
Trees [B06.915]


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