 Comfrey
"Comfrey" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Perennial herb Symphytum officinale, in the family Boraginaceae, used topically for wound healing. It contains ALLANTOIN, carotene, essential oils (OILS, VOLATILE); GLYCOSIDES; mucilage, resin, SAPONINS; TANNINS; triterpenoids, VITAMIN B12, and ZINC. Comfrey also contains PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS and is hepatotoxic if ingested.
| Descriptor ID |
D020844
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.650.940.800.575.912.250.150.210
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| Concept/Terms |
Comfrey- Comfrey
- Comfreys
- Symphytum officinale
- Symphytum officinales
- officinales, Symphytum
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Comfrey" by people in Profiles.
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Shrotriya S, Gagan D, Ramasamy K, Raina K, Barbakadze V, Merlani M, Gogilashvili L, Amiranashvili L, Mulkijanyan K, Papadopoulos K, Agarwal C, Agarwal R. Poly[3-(3, 4-dihydroxyphenyl) glyceric acid] from Comfrey exerts anti-cancer efficacy against human prostate cancer via targeting androgen receptor, cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. Carcinogenesis. 2012 Aug; 33(8):1572-80.
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