"Podophyllum peltatum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A plant of the genus PODOPHYLLUM, family BERBERIDACEAE (sometimes classified as Podophyllaceae) which is the source of PODOPHYLLIN and of PODOPHYLLOTOXIN that inhibits DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II. It is different from the European mandrake, MANDRAGORA.
| Descriptor ID |
D028144
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.650.940.800.575.912.250.125.500.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Podophyllum peltatum- Podophyllum peltatum
- May Apple
- Apple, May
- Apples, May
- May Apples
- Mayapple
- Mayapples
- Mandrake, American
- American Mandrake
- American Mandrakes
- Mandrakes, American
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