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MeSH Heading: Periplaneta
Tree Number(s): B01.050.500.131.617.140.580
Unique ID: D010526
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010526
Annotation: do not use /‌drug eff for insecticides: TN 111
Scope Note: A genus in the family Blattidae containing several species, the most common being P. americana, the American cockroach.
Entry Term(s): American Cockroach; American Cockroaches; Periplaneta americana
Registry Numbers: txid6977; txid6978
Related Numbers: txid6978
Public MeSH Note: 91; see COCKROACHES 1975-90
History Note: 91(75); for PERIPLANETA AMERICANA use COCKROACHES 1995-97
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1974/12/12
Revision Date: 2020/08/13

Allowable Qualifiers: 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)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Periplaneta MeSH Descriptor Data 2025