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Vitex

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-009295

An extract made from the fruit of the chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus) found in parts of Asia and Europe. It is claimed to treat infertility and to lessen symptoms that may occur before or during a woman’s menstrual period, such as headaches and irregular bleeding. Vitex may affect levels of reproductive hormones in the blood. It is a type of phytomedicine. Also called chaste tree berry and monk’s pepper.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-009295
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymschaste tree berry; monk’s pepper
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON
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    "monk’s pepper"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
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}

Record 17,301 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.