Apoptosis-inducing properties of Viscum album L. extracts from different host trees, correlate with their content of toxic mistletoe lectins

Anticancer Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1 A, 1999, Pages 23-28

  Büssing, Arndt ^a,c   Schietzel, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b Herdecke Community Hospital   (Germany)

^c Krebsforschung Herdecke   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cytotoxicity; Host trees; Mistletoe lectins; Viscum album L. mistletoe extracts

Indexed keywords

LIPOCORTIN 5; PLANT EXTRACT; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; VISCUM ALBUM LECTIN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG POTENCY; EUROPE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HOST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREE;

APOPTOSIS; HUMANS; MISTLETOE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0344628679     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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