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Viscum (genus)

Known as: Viscum, Viscums 
A plant genus in the family VISCACEAE, order Santalales, subclass Rosidae, class Magnoliopsida. Species of this genus contain cytotoxic LECTINS. The… 
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Methanolic extract of African mistletoe (Viscum album) improves carbohydrate metabolism and hyperlipidemia in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.
2012
2012
A new development of triterpene acid‐containing extracts from Viscum album L. displays synergistic induction of apoptosis in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
Objectives:  Aqueous Viscum album L. extracts are widely used for anti‐cancer therapies. Due to their low solubility, triterpenes… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Involvement of hydrogen peroxide in mistletoe lectin-II-induced apoptosis of myeloleukemic U937 cells.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Activation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase 1 (JNK1) in mistletoe lectin II-induced apoptosis of human myeloleukemic U937 cells.
1999
1999
Thionins from Viscum album L: influence of the viscotoxins on the activation of granulocytes.
BACKGROUND Extracts from European mistletoe (Viscum album L.) are applied in adjuvant cancer treatment, and some components… 
1998
1998
High-level expression of a viscotoxin in Arabidopsis thaliana gives enhanced resistance against Plasmodiophora brassicae
Viscotoxins are a group of toxic thionins found in several mistletoe species. The constitutive CaMV-Ω promoter was used to drive… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Further refinement of the description of the ligand‐binding characteristics for the galactoside‐binding mistletoe lectin, a plant agglutinin with immunomodulatory potency
The galactoside‐binding lectin from mistletoe (Viscum album L.) is a biological response modifier, eliciting e.g. enhanced… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Comparative cross-linking activities of lactose-specific plant and animal lectins and a natural lactose-binding immunoglobulin G fraction from human serum with asialofetuin.
Plant and animal lectins bind and cross-link certain multiantennary oligosaccharides, glycopeptides, and glycoproteins. This can… 
Review
1993
Review
1993
Mistletoe (viscum album) lectins as cytokine inducers and immunoadjuvant in tumor therapy. A review.
Therapy of cancer with a Viscum extract has been carried out in Europe for over six decades in thousands of patients with… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Pneumocystis carinii: surface reactive carbohydrates detected by lectin probes.
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