Study of an Argentine mistletoe, the hemiparasite Ligaria cuneifolia (R. et P.) Tiegh. (Loranthaceae)

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-34

  Fernandez T ^a   Wagner, Marcelo L ^a   Varela, Beatriz G ^a   Ricco, Rafael A ^a   Hajos, Silvia E ^a,b   Gurni, Alberto A ^a   Alvarez, Elida ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMITOTIC AGENT; CATECHIN; CONCANAVALIN A; CYANIDIN CHLORIDE; EPICATECHIN; FLAVONOID; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; PROTEIN; QUERCETIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; GLYCOSYLATION; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEUKEMIA CELL; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; SPLEEN CELL; VISCUM ALBUM;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MISTLETOE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032145239     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(98)00030-0     Document Type: Article

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