Viscotoxins, mistletoe lectins and their isoforms in mistletoe (Viscum album L.) extracts Iscador: Analytical results on pharmaceutical processing of mistletoe

Arzneimittel-Forschung/Drug Research

Volumn 56, Issue 6 A, 2006, Pages 428-434

  Urech, Konrad ^a   Schaller, Gerhard ^a   Jäggy, Christoph ^a  

^a Institute Hiscia   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Iscador ; Lectin isoforms; Mistletoe extract; Viscotoxin isoforms; Viscum album L.

Indexed keywords

ASIALOFETUIN; LECTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISCOTOXIN; VISCUM ALBUM EXTRACT; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; PLANT EXTRACT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; VISCUM ALBUM PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOMERISM; SEASON; VISCUM ALBUM;

CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FERMENTATION; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; ISOMERISM; LECTINS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PROTEINS; SEASONS; VISCUM;

EID: 33748652065     PISSN: 00044172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1296808     Document Type: Article

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