Definition: Plants of the Mandragora genus in the SOLANACEAE family, including Mandragora officinarum L. and Mandragora vernalis Bertol (sometimes called Atropa mandragora). They contain TROPANES that are anticholinergic (CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS). Mandrake may also refer to PODOPHYLLUM.
do not confuse X ref MANDRAKE, EUROPEAN with MANDRAKE, AMERICAN see PODOPHYLLUM; coord with specific PLANT STRUCTURES term if pertinent; for use in therapy coord IM with PHYTOTHERAPY (IM) + disease/drug ther (IM) + PLANT PREPARATIONS or its indentations/
Other names vernalis, Mandragora; vernali, Mandragora; mandragoras, Atropa; mandragora, Atropa; Mandrakes, European; Mandragoras; Mandragora vernali; European Mandrakes; European Mandrake; Atropa mandragoras; Mandragora vernalis; Mandrake, European; Atropa mandragora
