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Mandragora

Medical Definition:	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.
Guide Notes:	do not confuse X ref MANDRAKE, EUROPEAN with MANDRAKE, AMERICAN see PODOPHYLLUM; coord with specific PLANT COMPONENTS term if pertinent; for use in therapy coord IM with PHYTOTHERAPY (IM) + disease/drug ther (IM) + PLANT PREPARATIONS or its indentations/t
Also Called:	Mandragora vernalis
Previously Indexed:	Plants, Toxic (1997-2001)

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