Intrapleural Instillation of a Viscum album (L.) Extract (Mistletoe) for the Treatment of Malignant Pleural Effusions
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Mistletoe preparation (Viscum Fraxini-2) as palliative treatment for malignant pleural effusion: a feasibility study with comparison to bleomycin
BACKGROUND Malignant pleural effusion is a common problem in patients with solid tumours. It has a significant impact on quality of life, and, hence, there is a substantial need to investigate new agents to treat it. PATIENTS AND METHODS This is a prospective randomised controlled study, including patients with symptomatic recurrent malignant pleural effusion of different primaries. Patients ...
متن کاملViscum album L. Alcoholic Extract Enhance the Effect of Doxorubicin in Ehrlich Carcinoma Tumor Cells
Viscum album L. is a parasitic plant that grows on various trees, in our days, mistletoe extracts are widely used in addition to the treatment of cancer. The aim of the present study is to asses the efficiency of mistletoe extract in combination therapy with doxorubicin chloride, a widely used chemotherapeutic agent. The Viscum album (plant raised from the apple tree) was harvested from Cluj ar...
متن کاملChemical pleurodesis using mistletoe extracts via spray catheter during medical thoracoscopy for management of malignant pleural effusion
We present three cases of successful chemical pleurodesis with a liquid solution of mistletoe extract using a spray catheter during medical thoracoscopy. The medical thoracoscopy was performed in all presented cases to remove pleural effusion and conduct chemical pleurodesis to manage symptomatic malignant pleural effusion. A spray catheter was used to instil the mistletoe extract evenly into t...
متن کاملInsulin-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 extract of mistletoe evoked a stepwise 1.1- to 12.2-fold stimulation of insulin secretion from clonal pancreatic B-cells. This effect was abolished by 0.5 mM diazoxide and prior exposure to extract did not alter subsequent stimulation of insulin secretion induced by 10 ...
متن کاملTranscriptomic and proteomic insight into the effects of a defined European mistletoe extract in Ewing sarcoma cells reveals cellular stress responses
BACKGROUND The hydrophobic triterpenes, oleanolic and betulinic acid as well as the hydrophilic mistletoe lectins and viscotoxins possess anticancer properties. They do all occur in combination in European mistletoe (Viscum album L.). Commercial Viscum album L. extracts are aqueous, excluding the insoluble triterpenes. We have previously shown that mistletoe lectins and triterpene acids are eff...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
عنوان ژورنال:
دوره شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007