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Safety of higher dosages of Viscum album L. in animals and humans - systematic review of immune changes and safety parameters [PDF]
, 2011 Background Viscum album L extracts (VAE, mistletoe) and isolated mistletoe lectins (ML) have immunostimulating properties and a strong dose-dependent cytotoxic activity.
Gunver S Kienle +2 more
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Jurnal Biologi UdayanaMistletoe is a hemiparasites plant that interfere the growth of their host plant, However, mistletoe itself can be used in the herbal medicine. One of the cultivated plants is Indonesia which is affected by this mistletoe is mango.
Dwi Aditiyarini +2 more
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The upward shift in altitude of pine mistletoe ( Viscum album ssp. austriacum ) in Switzerland—the result of climate warming? [PDF]
, 2018 Pine mistletoe (Viscum album ssp. austriacum) is common in natural Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) forests in the alpine Rhone Valley, Switzerland. This semi-parasite, which is regarded as an indicator species for temperature, increases the drought ...
Dobbertin, Matthias +5 more
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Cancer patients’ experiences of using mistletoe (Viscum album): A qualitative systematic review and synthesis [PDF]
, 2016 ObjectiveSystematic reviews of mistletoe therapy (MT) trials in cancer show promising results in improvement of patients’ quality of life during chemotherapy and reduction of fatigue.
Bryant, Susan B +3 more
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Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2014 Mistletoe establishment relies heavily on a seed reaching a proper host plant. Small frugivorous birds usually disperse large numbers of mistletoe seeds. However, in the field, mistletoes are absent from some potential available hosts.
Patrícia Aparecida Messias +3 more
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Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2015 The European mistletoe (Viscum album) infection intensity and frequency of their host taxa individuals was monitored within the sections of the Castle Park in Lednice during the last four years.
Tivadar Baltazár +2 more
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Insect pollinators boost the market price of culturally important crops: holly, mistletoe and the spirit of Christmas [PDF]
, 2016 Animal pollination is a vital ecological process in both natural and agricultural ecosystems. Economic valuation studies have demonstrated that pollination services may underpin a significant proportion of global crop market outputs.
Breeze, Tom D +2 more
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Mistletoe infection in an oak forest is influenced by competition and host size.
PLoS ONE, 2015 Host size and distance from an infected plant have been previously found to affect mistletoe occurrence in woody vegetation but the effect of host plant competition on mistletoe infection has not been empirically tested.
Radim Matula +4 more
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BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2017 Background European mistletoe (Viscum album) products used in cancer therapy are frequently combined with other anti-cancer-drugs. Hence, potential herb-drug interactions have become a major safety concern in mistletoe therapy.
Michael Schink, Oliver Dehus
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Chromatography-mass spectrometric study of Arceuthobium oxicedri raw material
Aktualʹnì Pitannâ Farmacevtičnoï ì Medičnoï Nauki ta PraktikiArceuthobium oxycedri, M. Bieb., commonly known as dwarf mistletoe, is widespread in the Mediterranean region, parasitizing the branches of Juniperus oxycedrus as a host plant. Compared to white mistletoe, it is more aggressive. It exhibits antibacterial,
O. I. Panasenko +4 more
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