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MeSH Heading: Costus
Tree Number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.618.937.124
Unique ID: D029770
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D029770
Annotation: do not confuse with SAUSSUREA COSTUS see SAUSSUREA
Scope Note: A plant genus of the family Costaceae (sometimes classified in Zingiberaceae), order Zingiberales, subclass Zingiberidae, class Liliopsida (monocotyledons). It is a source of SAPONINS and furostanol glycosides.
Entry Term(s): Costus spicatus
Registry Numbers: txid4631; txid328782
Related Numbers: txid328782
Public MeSH Note: 2002
History Note: 2002
Date Established: 2002/01/01
Date of Entry: 2001/07/25
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)

Costus MeSH Descriptor Data 2025