During treatment of cancer, some side effects of conventional treatment may limit the ability of the patient to receive the full course of therapy. To reduce the side effects and improve the effectiveness of standard therapy, many complementary or alternative medicines (CAM) have been tried in patient with a variety of cancers. Mistletoe extracts are among commonly prescribed CAM for cancer pat...

The stimulatory or inhibitory effects of plant lectins on the production of gelatinase A (MMP-2) and gelatinase B (MMP-9) by mononuclear white blood cells was investigated by substrate zymography. Leukocyte cultures from 24-h old buffy coats were spontaneously activated and produced high levels of gelatinase B. Using such cultures the suppressing activity of the Datura stramonium, Viscum album,...

Mistletoe (Viscum album L.; VA) has been traditionally used in folk medicine to combat fatigue and stress. Evidence shown that chronic consumption of VA results an enhancement oxidative metabolism exercise performance. However, no studies have investigated how acute influences The purpose this brief report was investigate the effects ingestion on rowing Physically active females were recruited ...

Type-2 ribosome-inactivating proteins, composed of a toxic A-chain and lectin-like B-chain, display various biological functions, including cytotoxicity and immunomodulation. We here cloned the lectin-like B-chain encoding fragment of a newly identified type-2 RIP gene, articulatin gene, from Viscum articulatum, into a bacterial expression vector to obtain nonglycosylated recombinant protein ex...

Despite a long tradition of use in the treatment of mental disorders, Viscum album L. (Ujjral; family – Viscaceae) has not been systematically investigated to validate its traditional claims. The methanol extract of V. album aerial parts, its ethyl acetate fraction (EAF) and 1-butanol fraction (BF) were screened for various neuropharmacological activities. The methanol extract, EAF and BF exhib...