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Astragalus Plant

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Definition: A plant genus in the family FABACEAE, subfamily Papilionaceae, order Fabales, subclass Rosidae. Many of the species are associated with poisoning of grazing animals. Some of the species are used medicinally.  prefer specific plant; coord with specific PLANT STRUCTURES 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 (   
Examples Astragalus gummifer; Astragalus membranaceus 		Other names Wooly Locoweeds; Wooly Locoweed; Vetchs, Milk; Vetch, Milk; Plants, Astragalus; Plant, Astragalus; Milk Vetchs; Locoweeds, Wooly; Astragalus Plants; Locoweed, Wooly; Milk Vetch
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
7,2'-dihydroxy-3',4'-dimethoxyisoflavane-7-O-glucoside  94367-43-8   *Glucosides *Isoflavones Astragalus Plant. Yao Hsueh Hsueh Pao 1990;25(6):445
complanatuside  116183-66-5 4H-1-Benzopyran-4-one, 3-(beta-D-glucopyranosyloxy)-2-(4-(beta-D-glucopyranosyloxy)phenyl)-5-hydroxy-7-methoxy  *Glucosides *Flavonols Astragalus Plant. Yao Hsueh Hsueh Pao 1988;23(3):218
Huang Qi  0   *Drugs, Chinese Herbal Astragalus Plant Altitude Sickness/drug therapy.

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