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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
2013
Highly Cited
2013
An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the local people of Alaşehir (Manisa) in Turkey.
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Calix[n]arene‐Based Glycoclusters: Bioactivity of Thiourea‐Linked Galactose/Lactose Moieties as Inhibitors of Binding of Medically Relevant Lectins to a Glycoprotein and Cell‐Surface Glycoconjugates…
Growing insights into the functionality of lectin–carbohydrate interactions are identifying attractive new targets for drug… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Natural health products that inhibit angiogenesis: a potential source for investigational new agents to treat cancer—Part 1
An integrative approach for managing a patient with cancer should target the multiple biochemical and physiologic pathways that… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Pine mistletoe (Viscum album ssp. austriacum) contributes to Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) mortality in the Rhone valley of Switzerland
Summary In recent years unusual high mortality of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) has been observed in the Swiss Rhone Valley. The… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Inhibition of α‐Glucosidase by Aqueous Extracts of Some Potent Antidiabetic Medicinal Herbs
Abstract Diabetes mellitus is one of the most prevalant diseases of adults. Agents with α‐glucosidase inhibitory activity have… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Some medicinal plants as immunostimulant for fish.
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Insulin-secreting activity of the traditional antidiabetic plant Viscum album (mistletoe).
Viscum album (mistletoe) has been documented as a traditional treatment of diabetes. In acute 20-min tests, 1-10 mg/ml aqueous… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
A plant lectin derived from Viscum album induces cytokine gene expression and protein production in cultures of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells.
A plant lectin from Viscum album (ML-I) has been shown to increase the number and cytotoxic activity of natural killer cells and… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Involvement of flavonoids in the resistance of two poplar cultivars to mistletoe (Viscum album L.)
SummaryFlavonoid compounds were studied in healthy and parasitized poplar branches following mistletoe (Viscum album L.) attack… 
Review
1970
Review
1970
The symplast concept. A general theory of symplastic transport according to the thermodynamics of irreversible processes.
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