A plant genus of the family CELASTRACEAE that is a source of triterpenoids and diterpene epoxides such as triptolide.
Synonyms: Thundergod Vines Tripterygiums Leigong Teng Tripterygium txid123484 Thundergod Vine Teng, Leigong Tripterygium hypoglaucum txid205465 wilfordius, Tripterygium hypoglaucums, Tripterygium Vine, Thundergod Leigong Tengs Tengs, Leigong Vines, Thundergod Tripterygium wilfordius Tripterygium wilfordii txid458696 Tripterygium hypoglaucums
Term information
2002; for TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII use TRIPTERYGIUM (NM) 1985-2002
2002; TRIPTERYGIUM was indexed under DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL 1985-2001