Ursolic acid from leafy shoots of Viscum album

NMR structural determination of viscotoxin A3 from Viscum album L.

The high-resolution three-dimensional structure of the plant toxin viscotoxin A3, from Viscum album L., has been determined in solution by (1)H NMR spectroscopy at pH 3.6 and 12 degrees C (the structure has been deposited in the Protein Data Bank under the id. code 1ED0). Experimentally derived restraints including 734 interproton distances from nuclear Overhauser effect measurements, 22 hydrog...

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, ...

Viscum Album — A Possible Treatment of Cancer?

^ost V9rcoma ^ 'n mice and cell cultures. The tUrnour Ct'Ve *ract'on produced a 50% reduction in only q Slze (compared with controls) at a dose of 6?.Oon "5 ^9/Kg. An average molecular weight of n^eans an active dose of 8.3 x 10-ir> mols/g. (He also quotes a figure of 8.5 x 10-11 mols/g for the commercial preparation Iscador.) In testing the various fractions for the effects in producing tumour...

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, ...