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Spices
Medical Definition: | The dried seeds, bark, root, stems, buds, leaves, or fruit of aromatic plants used to season food. |
Guide Notes: | coord with specific plant + specific plant component (if pertinent); for use in therapy coord with PHYTOTHERAPY (IM) + disease /*drug ther (IM) |
Previously Indexed: | Condiments (1966-1992) |
Black Pepper - A common spice from fruit of PIPER NIGRUM. Black pepper is picked unripe and heaped for a few days to ferment. White Pepper is the ripe fruit dehulled by maceration in water. PIPERINE is a key component used medicinally to increase gastrointestinal assimilation of other supplements and drugs. |
Spices Medical Definitions and Terms
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