Cytostatic and cytocidal effects of mistletoe (Viscum album L.) Quercus extract Iscador

Arzneimittel-Forschung/Drug Research

Volumn 56, Issue 6 A, 2006, Pages 467-473

  Kovacs, Eva ^a   Link, Susanne ^a   Toffol Schmidt, Ulrike ^a  

^a Institute Hiscia   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

B cell lymphoma; Interleukin 6; Iscador ; Mistletoe extracts, cytostatic and cytocidal effects; Multiple myeloma; Viscum album L.

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN GP 130; INTERLEUKIN 6; VISCUM ALBUM EXTRACT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR; PLANT EXTRACT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; VISCUM ALBUM PEPTIDE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYELOMA CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR CELL; BIOSYNTHESIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; METABOLISM; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR GP130; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-6; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 33748665965     PISSN: 00044172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1296814     Document Type: Article

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