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MeSH Heading: Panax
Tree Number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.087.500
Unique ID: D005894
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005894
Annotation: do not confuse entry term GINSENG with SIBERIAN GINSENG see Eleutherococcus
Scope Note: An araliaceous genus of plants that contains a number of pharmacologically active agents used as stimulants, sedatives, and tonics, especially in traditional medicine. Sometimes confused with Siberian ginseng (ELEUTHEROCOCCUS).
Entry Term(s): Ginseng; Jen Shen; Korean Ginseng; Korean Red Ginseng; Ninjin; Panax ginseng; Renshen; Schinseng; Shinseng
Registry Numbers: txid4053; txid4054
Related Numbers: txid4054
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

anatomy & histology (AH)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

toxicity (TO)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0009250
Registry Numbers: txid4053
Related Numbers: txid4054
Scope Note: An araliaceous genus of plants that contains a number of pharmacologically active agents used as stimulants, sedatives, and tonics, especially in traditional medicine. Sometimes confused with Siberian ginseng (ELEUTHEROCOCCUS).
Terms: Panax Preferred Term
Term UI T017819
Date06/13/1983
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Ninjin
Term UI T017816
Date03/19/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1991); Schinseng
Term UI T017817
Date03/19/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1991); Ginseng
Term UI T017815
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Jen Shen
Term UI T017820
Date12/08/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Renshen
Term UI T017821
Date12/08/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Shinseng
Term UI T017818
Date03/19/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1991)

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