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Veratrum Alkaloids MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Veratrum Alkaloids
Tree Number(s)
D03.132.920
Unique ID
D014704
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014704
Annotation
antihypertensives
Scope Note
Alkaloids with powerful hypotensive effects isolated from American or European Hellebore (Veratrum viride Ait. Liliaceae and Veratrum album L. Liliaceae). They increase cholinergic and decrease adrenergic tone with appropriate side effects and at higher doses depress respiration and produce cardiac arrhythmias; only the ester alkaloids have been used as hypotensive agents in specific instances. They have been generally replaced by drugs with fewer adverse effects.
Pharm Action
Antihypertensive Agents
Registry Numbers
0
NLM Classification #
QV 151
Previous Indexing
Veratrum (1966-1974)
Public MeSH Note
75; PROTOVERATRINE A was see under CEVANES 1975-79; PROTOVERATRINE A DERIVATIVES was see under CEVANES 1969-77; PROTOVERATRINE was see under VERATRUM 1963-68; CRYPTENAMINE (now see PROTOVERATRINES) was see under VERATRUM ALKALOIDS 1975-79, was see under VERATRUM 1963-74
History Note
75
Date Introduced
1975/01/01
Last Updated
1999/01/01
Veratrum Alkaloids Preferred
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