Viscotoxin-free aqueous extracts from European mistletoe (Viscum album L.) stimulate activity of human granulocytes

Anticancer Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4 B, 1999, Pages 2925-2928

  Stein, Gerburg M ^a   Pfuller U ^a   Schietzel, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Granulocytes; Mistletoe; Mistletoe lectin; Phagocytosis; Respiratory burst; Viscotoxin; Viscum album

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; RHODAMINE 123; VISCUM ALBUM LECTIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEUTROPHIL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY BURST; VISCUM ALBUM;

GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; MISTLETOE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0342680027     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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