Mistletoe in immunology and the clinic (Short review)

Anticancer Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5 A, 1998, Pages 3247-3249

  Stein, Gerburg Maria ^a   Schietzel, Michael ^a   Büssing, Arndt ^a  

^a Herdecke Community Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lectin; Mistletoe; Polysaccharides; Viscum album

Indexed keywords

LECTIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; VISCUM ALBUM LECTIN;

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; GERMANY; IMMUNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SYMPOSIUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; HUMANS; MISTLETOE; NEOPLASMS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 0031761898     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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