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Pteris

Medical Definition: A plant genus of the family PTERIDACEAE. Members contain entkaurane DITERPENES. The name is similar to bracken fern (PTERIDIUM).
Guide Notes: do not X ref confuse FERN, BRAKE with FERN, BRACKEN see PTERIDIUM; PTERIS AQUILINA and PTERIS ESCULENTUM see PTERIDIUM are also available; coord with specific PLANT COMPONENTS term if pertinent; for use in therapy coord IM with PHYTOTHERAPY (IM) + disease

Pteris Medical Definitions and Terms

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