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How do leaf carbon and nitrogen contents of oak hosts affect the heterotrophic level of Loranthus europaeus? Insights from stable isotope ecophysiology assays

Ecological Indicators, 2021
Loranthus europaeus is one of the major plant parasites threatening the fragile ecosystems of oak forests in western Iran. The mistletoe is a hemi-parasite plant which grows on forest species, especially oaks.
Fatemeh Mostaghimi, Nasrin Seyedi, Abbas Banj Shafiei, Otilia Correia   +3 more
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The importance of clinical mistletoe cancer therapy and korean mistletoe pharmacopuncture preparation development and application possibility for oriental medicine

Journal of Pharmacopuncture, 2009
Objectives : Mistletoe extracts have been in use for around 85 years, predominantly in the area of cancer therapy. Today mistletoe preparations are among the most prescribed drugs in cancer medicine, thus constituting a standard biological therapy in the
Ok-Byung Choi
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Changes in Antioxidative Compounds and Enzymes in Small-Leaved Linden (Tilia cordata Mill.) in Response to Mistletoe (Viscum album L.) Infestation

Plants, 2021
Mistletoe infestation leads to a decrease in the growth of woody plants, their longevity, and partial or complete drying of the top, as well as premature death.
Liubov Skrypnik, Pavel Maslennikov, Pavel Feduraev, Artem Pungin, Nikolay Belov   +4 more
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The applied aspects of environmental management of the white mistletoe (Viscum album L.) population in urban areas (in case of the city Kharkiv)

Біологічні студії, 2016
The problem of the population control of White Mistletoe (Viscum album L.) in of urban landscape was studied in order to improve the environmental management on urban areas.
I. O. Rybalka
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Ecological and Landscape Factors Affecting the Spread of European Mistletoe (Viscum album L.) in Urban Areas (A Case Study of the Kaliningrad City, Russia)

Plants, 2020
Green spaces are very important for an urban environment. Trees in cities develop under more stressful conditions and are, therefore, more susceptible to parasite including mistletoe infestation.
Liubov Skrypnik, Pavel Maslennikov, Pavel Feduraev, Artem Pungin, Nikolay Belov   +4 more
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Advances on the Visualization of the Internal Structures of the European Mistletoe: 3D Reconstruction Using Microtomography

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021
The European mistletoe (Viscum album) is a dioecious epiphytic evergreen hemiparasite that develops an extensive endophyte enabling the absorption of water and mineral salts from the host tree, whereas the exophytic leaves are photosynthetically active ...
Max D. Mylo, Max D. Mylo, Mara Hofmann, Mara Hofmann, Alexander Delp, Ronja Scholz, Frank Walther, Thomas Speck, Thomas Speck, Olga Speck, Olga Speck   +10 more
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Effects of mistletoe infestation on the decline and mortality of Abies cephalonica in Greece

Annals of Forest Research, 2015
In recent decades, stands of Greek fir (Abies cephalonica Loudon) are declining and high tree mortality has been observed in some years. The exact causes of fir decline and mortality have not been established although many have been proposed (drought ...
Yannis Raftoyannis, Kalliopi Radoglou, Michael Bredemeier   +2 more
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The incidence and distribution of white mistletoe (Viscum album ssp. abietis) on Silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) stands from Eastern Carpathians [PDF]

Annals of Forest Research, 2010
In Romania Viscum album ssp. abietis is one of the most significantbiotic factors that affect Silver fir situated on Eastern border of its natural area.
Catalina Barbu
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Immuno-Modulatory Effects of Korean Mistletoe in MDA-MB-231 Breast Cancer Cells and THP-1 Macrophages

Scientia Pharmaceutica, 2023
Korean mistletoe (Viscum album var. coloratum) has been traditionally used as a remedy for cancer, diabetes, and hypertension. This study investigated the immuno-modulatory effects of Korean mistletoe water extract, specifically on MDA-MB-231 cells, a ...
Wan-Taek Lim, Chang-Eui Hong, Su-Yun Lyu
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Mistletoe, friend and foe: synthesizing ecosystem implications of mistletoe infection

Environmental Research Letters, 2017
Biotic disturbances are affecting a wide range of tree species in all climates, and their occurrence is contributing to increasing rates of tree mortality globally.
Anne Griebel, David Watson, Elise Pendall   +2 more
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