Anticancer activity of an aqueous mistletoe extract (AME) in syngeneic murine tumor models

Anticancer Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3 B, 2001, Pages 1965-1968

  Burger, A M ^a   Mengs, U ^a   Schuler J B ^a   Fiebig, H H ^a  

^a Madaus AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anticancer activity; Aqueous mistletoe extract; Mistletoe lectin; Syngeneic murine tumors; Transplantable

Indexed keywords

VISCUM ALBUM EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MISTLETOE; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0034909467     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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