Cytotoxic effects of the components in heat-treated mistletoe (Viscum album)

Cancer Letters

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 207-213

  Park, Jonu Heum ^a   Hyun, Chang Kee ^a   Shin, Heuyn Kil ^a  

^a Handong University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alkaloid; Cytotoxicity; Lectin; Mistletoe; Viscotoxins

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; LECTIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL STRAIN K 562; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; HEAT TREATMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA L 1210; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; VISCUM ALBUM;

3T3 CELLS; ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; DRUG STABILITY; HEATING; HUMANS; LECTINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MISTLETOE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LECTINS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SUBTILISINS; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

MAIZE STREAK VIRUS; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0032929044     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(99)00043-9     Document Type: Article

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