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Definition of Cowhage

Cowhage
Cowhage Cow"hage (kou"h?j), n. [Cf. Hind. kaw[amc]nch, ko[=a]nch.] (Bot.) A leguminous climbing plant of the genus Mucuna, having crooked pods covered with sharp hairs, which stick to the fingers, causing intolerable itching. The spicul[ae] are sometimes used in medicine as a mechanical vermifuge. [Written also couhage, cowage, and cowitch.]

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- PMID 26015312. Reddy VB, Iuga AO, Shimada SG, LaMotte RH, Lerner EA (April 2008). "Cowhage-evoked itch is mediated by a novel cysteine protease: a ligand of protease-activated...
- mucunain (Mucuna pruriens) GenBank: ACB87490.1 Reddy, V.B.; et al. (2008). "Cowhage-evoked itch is mediated by a novel cysteine protease: a ligand of protease-activated...
- "Antipruritic effect of pretreatment with topical capsaicin 8% on histamine- and cowhage-evoked itch in healthy volunteers: a randomized, vehicle-controlled, proof-of-concept...
- ) Verdc. M. poggei var. poggei Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. – velvet bean, cowhage, kapikachu, etc. Mucuna pseudoelliptica T.M.Moura, G.P.Lewis & A.M.G.Azevedo...
- Dalechampia spp. Tragia spp. (noseburn) Fabaceae Mucuna spp. Mucuna pruriens (cowhage) Loasaceae Loasa spp. Caiophora spp. Cevallia spp. Solanaceae Solanum carolinense...
- Hispaniola, Puerto Rico) Malpighia suberosa Small Malpighia urens L. – cowhage (Caribbean) Bunchosia argentea (Jacq.) DC. (as M. argentea Jacq.) Bunchosia...
- BG, Batty JE (November 1954). "5-Hydroxytryptamine: its occurrence in cowhage". Nature. 174 (4437): 925–926. doi:10.1038/174925a0. PMID 13214042. Kushiro...
- against her. One day, she had her attendant put some itching powder made of cowhage pods in the dancer's bed. They called to the dancer, and when she arrived...