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Descriptor English:   Mistletoe 
Descriptor Spanish:   Muérdago 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Erva-de-Passarinho 
Tree Number:   B06.388.100.735
Definition English:   Parasitic plants that form a bushy growth on branches of host trees which are in the order Santalales. It includes the Christmas mistletoe family (VISCACEAE), the showy mistletoe family (LORANTHACEAE) and the catkin mistletoe family (Eremolepidaceae). The composition of toxins, lectins, tyramine, phenethylamines, and other compounds may be affected by the host. 
Indexing Annotation English:   traditional mistletoe = VISCUM ALBUM; 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) if pertinent; Manual 26.29
History Note English:   2002(1963) 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
adverse effects anatomy & histology
chemistry classification
cytology drug effects
embryology enzymology
growth & development genetics
immunology metabolism
microbiology physiology
poisoning parasitology
radiation effects toxicity
ultrastructure virology
Record Number:   15185 
Unique Identifier:   D014784 

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