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Solanaceae

Medical Definition: A plant family of the order Solanales, subclass Asteridae. Among the most important are POTATOES; TOMATOES; CAPSICUM (green and red peppers); TOBACCO; and BELLADONNA.
Guide Notes: prefer specific plant; coord with specific PLANT COMPONENTS term if pertinent; for use in therapy coord IM with PHYTOTHERAPY (IM) + disease/drug ther (IM) + PLANT PREPARATION or its indentations/ther use (IM or NIM) + specific plant chemical /ther use (IM
Also Called: Acnistus,Brugmansia,Dunalia
Solanaceae Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Atropa - A plant genus of the family SOLANACEAE which contain SOLANACEOUS ALKALOIDS including ATROPINE which is named after this genus.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Capsicum - A plant genus of the family SOLANACEAE. The hot peppers yield CAPSAICIN, which activates vanilloid receptors. Several varieties have sweet or pungent edible fruits that are used as vegetables when fresh and spices when the pods are dried.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Cestrum - A plant genus of the family SOLANACEAE. Members contain steroidal saponins and cause CALCINOSIS in grazing livestock due to high levels of 1 ALPHA,25-DIHYDROXYVITAMIN D3.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Datura - A plant genus of the family SOLANACEAE. Members contain TROPANES. The common name of trumpet flower is also sometimes used for GELSEMIUM.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Duboisia - A plant genus of the family SOLANACEAE that is a source of SCOPOLAMINE and other TROPANES.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Hyoscyamus - A plant genus of the family SOLANACEAE which contains TROPANES.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Lycium - A plant genus of the family SOLANACEAE. Members contain CEREBROSIDES and SCOPOLETIN.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Lycopersicon esculentum - A plant species of the family SOLANACEAE, native of South America, widely cultivated for their edible, fleshy, usually red fruit.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Mandragora - Plants of the Mandragora genus in the SOLANACEAE family, including Mandragora officinarum L. and Mandragora vernalis Bertol (sometimes called Atropa mandragora). They contain TROPANES that are anticholinergic (CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS). Mandrake may also refer to PODOPHYLLUM.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Petunia - A plant genus of the family SOLANACEAE. Members contain steroidal glycosides.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Physalis - A plant genus of the family SOLANACEAE. Members contain physalin and withangulatin.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Scopolia - A plant genus of the family SOLANACEAE after which the compound SCOPOLAMINE got its name.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Solanum - A plant genus of the family SOLANACEAE. Members contain SOLANACEOUS ALKALOIDS. Some species in this genus are called deadly nightshade which is also a common name for ATROPA BELLADONA.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Tobacco - The toxic solanaceous American plant Nicotiana tabacum. It yields NICOTINE and other biologically active chemicals; its dried leaves are used for smoking.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Withania - A plant genus of the family SOLANACEAE. Members contain withanolides. Withania somnifera is the source of ashwagandha and aswal.

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