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MeSH Heading: Acorus
Tree Number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.010.500
Unique ID: D029023
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D029023
Annotation: note entry terms CALAMUS ROOT and ACORUS CALAMUS: do not confuse with the genus CALAMUS
Scope Note: A plant genus of the family ACORACEAE, order Arales, subclass Arecidae most notable for Acorus calamus L. root which contains asarone and has been used in TRADITIONAL MEDICINE.
Entry Term(s): Acorus calamus; Acorus gramineus; Calamus Root; Flagroot; Sedge, Sweet; Sweet Flag; Sweetflag
Registry Number: txid4464
Related Numbers: txid4465; txid55184
Previous Indexing: Plants, Medicinal (1966-2001)
Public MeSH Note: 2002
History Note: 2002
Date Established: 2002/01/01
Date of Entry: 2001/07/25
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: M0383706
Registry Number: txid4464
Related Numbers: txid4465; txid55184
Scope Note: A plant genus of the family ACORACEAE, order Arales, subclass Arecidae most notable for Acorus calamus L. root which contains asarone and has been used in TRADITIONAL MEDICINE.
Terms: Acorus Preferred Term
Term UI T442507
Date04/11/2001
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2002); Sweet Flag
Term UI T854528
Date02/03/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Flagroot
Term UI T854529
Date02/03/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Sweetflag
Term UI T854527
Date02/03/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015)

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