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Viscum Album — A Possible Treatment of Cancer?

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Antioxidant Activity of European Mistletoe (Viscum album)

Paediatric medulloblastoma cells are susceptible to Viscum album (Mistletoe) preparations.

BACKGROUND Medulloblastoma constitute more than 20% of all paediatric brain tumours and are the most common malignant brain tumours in children. Adjuvant chemotherapy has seen a strong increase in the use of complementary medicine for cancer treatment. Evidence for cytotoxic and apoptotic effects of Viscum album (Mistletoe) in vitro is available, however, no data concerning paediatric tumours, ...

Anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive activity of flavonoids isolated from Viscum album ssp. album.

Viscum album L. has been used in the indigenous systems of medicine for treatment of headache and some inflammatory diseases. In order to evaluate this information, antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities of the five flavonoids (5,7-dimethoxy naringenin or 4',6'-dimethoxy chalcononaringenin) derivatives, isolated from the ethyl acetate fraction of the extract from V. album ssp. album, ...

Chemical Pleurodesis Using Doxycycline and Viscum album Extract

BACKGROUND In chemical pleurodesis for managing pulmonary air leak, tetracycline derivatives are commonly used, and their effectiveness has been established in many studies. Recently, a Viscum album extract was used in chemical pleurodesis. We compared the effects of V. album with those of a tetracycline derivative (doxycycline) to demonstrate the therapeutic effectiveness of the V. album extra...