Euphorbia
"Euphorbia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A large plant genus of the family EUPHORBIACEAE, order Euphorbiales, subclass Rosidae. They have a milky sap and a female flower consisting of a single pistil, surrounded by numerous male flowers of one stamen each. Euphorbia hirta is rarely called milkweed but that name is normally used for ASCLEPIAS.
| Descriptor ID |
D028481
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.650.940.800.575.912.250.350.333
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Euphorbia" by people in Profiles.
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Ricigliano VA, Sica VP, Knowles SL, Diette N, Howarth DG, Oberlies NH. Bioactive diterpenoid metabolism and cytotoxic activities of genetically transformed Euphorbia lathyris roots. Phytochemistry. 2020 Nov; 179:112504.
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Forrester MB, Layton GM, Varney SM. Euphorbia tirucalli exposures reported to Texas poison centers. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2020 07; 58(7):748-751.