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Preferred term

Mandragora  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • European Mandrake
  • European Mandrakes
  • Mandrake, European
  • Mandrakes, European

Note

  • do not confuse entry term MANDRAKE, EUROPEAN with MANDRAKE, AMERICAN see PODOPHYLLUM

Scope note

  • Plants of the Mandragora genus in the SOLANACEAE family, including Mandragora officinarum L. and Mandragora vernalis Bertol (sometimes called Atropa mandragora). They contain TROPANES that are anticholinergic (CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS). Mandrake may also refer to PODOPHYLLUM.

History note

  • 2002, 1963-1996; use PLANTS, TOXIC 1997-2001; for MANDRAKE, EUROPEAN use PLANTS, TOXIC 1986-2001

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D026781

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