objective: the present study was designed to investigate the analgesic effect of oral and i.p. administration of alcoholic viscum album (v.a) fruit extract as a rich source of alkaloid substances. materials and methods: experimented animals were divided into control and treatment groups. the treatment rats received different doses of the v.a fruit extract, which was prepared from alcoholic sma...

Ligaria cuneifolia has been used in Argentine folk medicine and is currently employed as substitute for the European mistletoe (Viscum album) as hypotensor agent. Extracts from V. album are widely used in cancer therapy and the antineoplasic effect is attributed to their cytostatic/cytotoxic and immunomodulatory actions. When studying immunomodulatory effects of L. cuneifolia extracts (Lc extra...

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of approximately 22 nucleotides single-stranded non-coding RNA molecules that play crucial roles in gene expression. It has been reported that the plant miRNAs might enter mammalian bloodstream and have a functional role in human metabolism, indicating that miRNAs might be one of the hidden bioactive ingredients in medicinal plants. Viscum album L. (Loranthaceae, ...

OBJECTIVE Viscum album L. has favorable cardiovascular effects including antihypertensive and vasorelaxant activity, and the nitric oxide (NO) pathway upregulation has been proposed to be the underlying mechanism. NO also plays an important role in the pathophysiology of heart failure. However, its effects on cardiac systolic function are unclear. METHODS A total of 30 male Wistar albino rats...

Two new phenolic glycosides, 1-O-benzyl-[5-O-benzoyl-beta-D-apiofuranosyl (1-->2)]-beta-D-glucopyranoside (1), and 4;-hydroxy-7,3;-dimethoxyflavan-5-O- beta-D-gluco-pyranoside (2), together with nine known flavanones 3 - 11, have been isolated from the dried whole plants of Viscum articulatum.Their structures were identified by extensive spectral analysis, especially 2D NMR techniques. Compound...

The European mistletoe, Viscum album, is the most common consumed adjuvant among cancer patients in Europe. Its success warrants a report on three most apparent mistletoes found in Borneo Island, namely Scurrula ferruginea, Macrosolen cochinchinensis, and Dendrophthoe curvata. The traditional and pharmacological uses of these mistletoes include antibacterial, anticancer, antiviral, antihyperten...

Disturbances of lipid metabolism is a predisposing factor cardiovascular diseases, which are accompanied by high mortality rates the population - ischemic heart disease and stroke. Plant polysaccharides can be promising remedies for correction imbalance.
 In this regard, aim study was to assess hypolipidemic activity isolated from leaves mistletoe.
 The test-object white mistletoe (Vi...