"Rhizome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Root-like underground horizontal stem of plants that produces shoots above and roots below. Distinguished from true roots which don't have buds and nodes. Similar to true roots in being underground and thickened by storage deposits.
Descriptor ID |
D027343
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MeSH Number(s) |
A18.024.937.750 A18.400.750
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2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rhizome" by people in Profiles.
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Lim ST, Dragull K, Tang CS, Bittenbender HC, Efird JT, Nerurkar PV. Effects of kava alkaloid, pipermethystine, and kavalactones on oxidative stress and cytochrome P450 in F-344 rats. Toxicol Sci. 2007 May; 97(1):214-21.
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Jhoo JW, Sang S, He K, Cheng X, Zhu N, Stark RE, Zheng QY, Rosen RT, Ho CT. Characterization of the triterpene saponins of the roots and rhizomes of blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides). J Agric Food Chem. 2001 Dec; 49(12):5969-74.