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MeSH Heading: Vitex
Tree Number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.987
Unique ID: D020950
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020950
Scope Note: A genus of trees in the Lamiaceae family containing assorted flavonoids with possible analgesic and antineoplastic properties. The fruit of these trees is used in herbal preparations.
Entry Term(s): Chaste Tree; Chasteberry; Chasteberry Tree; Chastetree; Vitex agnus-castus; Vitex rotundifolia
Registry Numbers: txid54476; txid54477; txid413484
Related Numbers: txid413484; txid54477
Previous Indexing: Plants, Medicinal (1970-1999)
Public MeSH Note: 2000
History Note: 2000
Date Established: 2000/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/11/03
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

anatomy & histology (AH)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

toxicity (TO)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Eukaryota [B01]
- Viridiplantae [B01.875]
  - Streptophyta [B01.875.800]
    - Embryophyta [B01.875.800.575]
      - Tracheophyta [B01.875.800.575.912]
        
        Magnoliopsida [B01.875.800.575.912.250]
        
        Lamiales [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583]
        
        Lamiaceae [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520]
        
        Agastache [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.049]
        
        Ajuga [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.051]
        
        Ballota [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.075]
        
        Callicarpa [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.098]
        
        Clerodendrum [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.121]
        
        Coleus [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.166]
        
        Hedeoma [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.231]
        
        Hyptis [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.297]
        
        Hyssopus Plant [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.330]
        
        Isodon [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.362]
        
        Lavandula [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.428]
        
        Leonurus [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.446]
        
        Lycopus [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.455]
        
        Marrubium [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.465]
        
        Melissa [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.474]
        
        Mentha [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.483]
        
        Monarda [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.510]
        
        Nepeta [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.538]
        
        Ocimum [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.647]
        
        Origanum [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.702]
        
        Orthosiphon [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.729]
        
        Perilla [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.743]
        
        Phlomis [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.750]
        
        Plectranthus [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.753]
        
        Pogostemon [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.754]
        
        Prunella [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.755]
        
        Rosmarinus [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.757]
        
        Salvia [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.922]
        
        Satureja [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.935]
        
        Scutellaria [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.942]
        
        Sideritis [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.945]
        
        Stachys [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.947]
        
        Teucrium [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.948]
        
        Thymus Plant [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.974]
        
        Vitex [B01.875.800.575.912.250.583.520.987]

Vitex Preferred

Vitex agnus-castus Narrower

Concept UI: M0332413
Registry Numbers: txid54477
Terms: Vitex agnus-castus Preferred Term
Term UI T363514
Date10/12/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Chasteberry Tree
Term UI T363515
Date10/12/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Chastetree
Term UI T363516
Date10/12/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Chaste Tree
Term UI T858884
Date04/22/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015)

Chasteberry Narrower

Vitex rotundifolia Narrower

Vitex MeSH Descriptor Data 2025