Preferred Label : piper betle;
MeSH definition : A plant genus of the family PIPERACEAE that is indigenous in the Indian Malay region
and cultivated in Madagascar, and the West Indies. It contains chavibetol, chavicol
and cadinene. The leaf is chewed as a stimulant, antiseptic and sialogogue. The common
name of betel is also used for ARECA.;
MeSH synonym : piper betles; betles, piper;
CISMeF synonym : betle, piper;
Wikipedia automatic translation : Betel;
MeSH annotation : coord with specific PLANT STRUCTURES term if pertinent; for use in therapy coord IM
with PHYTOTHERAPY (IM) disease/drug ther (IM) PLANT PREPARATIONS or its indentations/ther
use (IM or NIM) specific plant chemical /ther use (IM) if pertinent; Manual 26.29;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betel;
UNII : txid13217;
Origin ID : D031721;
UMLS CUI : C1000595;
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- Plant [UMLS semantic type]
A plant genus of the family PIPERACEAE that is indigenous in the Indian Malay region
and cultivated in Madagascar, and the West Indies. It contains chavibetol, chavicol
and cadinene. The leaf is chewed as a stimulant, antiseptic and sialogogue. The common
name of betel is also used for ARECA.
