"Plants, Medicinal" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Plants whose roots, leaves, seeds, bark, or other constituent parts possess therapeutic, tonic, purgative, curative or other pharmacologic attributes, when administered to man or animals.
| Descriptor ID |
D010946
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.650.560
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| Concept/Terms |
Pharmaceutical Plants- Pharmaceutical Plants
- Pharmaceutical Plant
- Plant, Pharmaceutical
- Plants, Pharmaceutical
- Healing Plants
- Healing Plant
- Plant, Healing
- Plants, Healing
Medicinal Herbs- Medicinal Herbs
- Herb, Medicinal
- Medicinal Herb
- Herbs, Medicinal
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Plants, Medicinal" by people in Profiles.
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Practice patterns of naturopathic physicians: results from a random survey of licensed practitioners in two US States. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2004 Oct 20; 4:14.
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Ayurveda for diabetes mellitus: a review of the biomedical literature. Altern Ther Health Med. 2004 Jan-Feb; 10(1):44-50.
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Cereals, legumes, and chronic disease risk reduction: evidence from epidemiologic studies. Am J Clin Nutr. 1999 09; 70(3 Suppl):451S-458S.
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An herb for every illness? Am J Med. 1999 Feb; 106(2):259-60.
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Screening prescription drugs for possible carcinogenicity: eleven to fifteen years of follow-up. Cancer Res. 1989 Oct 15; 49(20):5736-47.