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Effect of a preparation from Viscum album on tumor development in vitro and in mice
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Administration of Iscador was found to reduce ascites tumours and solid tumours produced by DLA cells and Ehrlich ascites cells, indicating a mechanism of action very different from other chemotherapeutic drugs.About:
This article is published in Journal of Ethnopharmacology.The article was published on 1990-04-01. It has received 85 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Cytotoxic T cell & Cell culture.read more
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Antitumour and anticarcinogenic activity of Phyllanthus amarus extract.
N. V. Rajeshkumar,K.L. Joy,Girija Kuttan,Russel S. Ramsewak,Muraleedharan G. Nair,Ramadasan Kuttan +5 more
TL;DR: Aqueous extract of Phyllanthus amarus treatment exhibited potent anticarcinogenic activity against 20-methylcholanthrene (20-MC) induced sarcoma development and increased the survival of tumour harboring mice.
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Viscum album L. extracts in breast and gynaecological cancers: a systematic review of clinical and preclinical research
TL;DR: VAE showed increase of survival and tumour remission especially in mice, while application in rats as well as application of VAE compounds had mixed results, and more research into clinical efficacy is warranted.
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Mistletoe: The Genus Viscum
TL;DR: This book provides a comprehensive overview of current knowledge in mistletoe use from well recognised researchers from Argentina, England, Greece, Korea, Switzerland, USA and Germany, and will be an invaluable reference source for anyone with an interest in the wide range of applications of this plant and its therapeutic potential in cancer therapy.
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Study on anti-diabetic activities of crude methanolic extracts of Loranthus micranthus (Linn.) sourced from five different host trees.
TL;DR: The methanolic extract of African mistletoe was found to be a good candidate for alternative and/or complimentary medicine in the management of diabetes mellitus.
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Prophylactic effect of Korean mistletoe (Viscum album coloratum) extract on tumor metastasis is mediated by enhancement of NK cell activity
Taek Joon Yoon,Yung Choon Yoo,Tae Bong Kang,Young Jin Baek,Chul-Sung Huh,Seong Kyu Song,Kwan Hee Lee,Ichiro Azuma,Jong Bae Kim +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors demonstrated the prophylactic effect of an extract (KM-110) from Viscum album coloratum, a Korean mistletoe, on tumor metastasis produced by highly metastatic tumor cells, colon 26-M3.1 carcinoma, B16-BL6 melanoma and L5178Y-ML25 lymphoma cells, using experimental models in mice.
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Potential anticancer activity of turmeric (Curcuma longa)
TL;DR: Initial experiments indicated that turmeric extract and curcumin reduced the development of animal tumours.
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Mistletoe Lectins and Their A and B Chains
TL;DR: It cannot be excluded that the combination of selectively cytotoxic and immunopotentiating properties of mistletoe lectins and their chains are decisive for the therapeutic effects of Mistletoe preparations.
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Recent studies on the anticancer activities of mistletoe (Viscum album) and its alkaloids.
TL;DR: Detailed methods for in vitro/in vivo evaluation of anticancer drugs, with special reference to mistletoe extracts, have been reviewed, and methods for the extraction of biologically active alkaloids from Mistletoe and their anticancer activities are presented.
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Isolation and identification of a tumour reducing component from mistletoe extract (Iscador).
TL;DR: Using a combination of gel filtration and paper chromatography, a tumour reducing component from mistletoe extract (Iscador) was isolated and identified to be a peptide of approximate molecular weight 5000 that reduced the solid tumour induced by Dalton's lymphoma ascites tumour cells in mice.
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Effects of mistletoe (Viscum album L.) extracts on cultured tumor cells.
TL;DR: Bacterially fermented mistletoe preparations (BFMP) were tested on rat hepatoma tissue culture (HTC) cells and human leukemia Molt 4 cells and oak BFMP inhibited the growth of virus transformed 3T3-SV40 cells more than that of non-transformed3T3 cells.