European and Oriental mistletoe: From mythology to contemporary integrative cancer care

European Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Lev, Efraim ^a   Ephraim, Marco ^b   Ben Arye, Eran ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b Primary Health Centre 'Therapeuticum Aurum'   (Netherlands)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anthroposophic medicine; Cancer; Islamic medicine; Oncology; Viscum album; Viscum cruciatum

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISCUM ALBUM EXTRACT; VISCUM CRUCIATUM EXTRACT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTHRITIS; BACKACHE; BLEEDING; CANCER CELL; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER THERAPY; DENDRITIC CELL; DENTAL CARIES; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESEARCH; DYSMENORRHEA; EPILEPSY; ETHNOBOTANY; EUROPE; HEALING; HEART DISEASE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; INTESTINE CANCER; LEG ULCER; LITERATURE; LOVE; LUNG CANCER; MENORRHAGIA; MIDDLE EAST; MOUTH CANCER; OVARY CANCER; PAIN; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SPLEEN DISEASE; STOMACH ULCER; SUPERSTITION; SWELLING; SYMBOLISM; TACHYCARDIA; UROLITHIASIS; VARICOSIS; VISCUM ALBUM; VISCUM CRUCIATUM;

EID: 80054870099     PISSN: 18763820     EISSN: 18763839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eujim.2011.05.052     Document Type: Review

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