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Abstract
Plants whose roots, leaves, seeds, bark, or other constituent parts possess therapeutic, tonic, purgative, curative or other pharmacologic attributes, when administered to man or animals.
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15 entry terms
- Plants, Medicinal
- Medicinal Plant
- Plant, Medicinal
- Healing Plants
- Herbs, Medicinal
- Medicinal Herbs
- Pharmaceutical Plants
- Healing Plant
- Herb, Medicinal
- Medicinal Herb
- Pharmaceutical Plant
- Plant, Healing
- Plant, Pharmaceutical
- Plants, Healing
- Plants, Pharmaceutical
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Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, anatomy & histology, chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, toxicity, ultrastructure, virology.
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IM general only; specify geographic term if pertinent
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History Note
AESCULUS, 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
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Medicinal Plants. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010946. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010946
- Medicinal Plants. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicinal_plants
- Medicinal Plants. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188840