Carbohydrate-rich mistletoe fruits are consumed by a wide range of avian species. Small birds absorb a large portion of water-soluble nutrients, such as glucose, via the paracellular pathway. d-xylose, a pentose monosaccharide, is abundant in some nectars and mistletoe fruits consumed by birds, and it has been suggested that it is most likely absorbed via the paracellular pathway in birds. We m...

BACKGROUND Viscum album (VA) preparations consist of aqueous extracts of different types of lectins of VA. Mistletoe lectins have both cytotoxic and immunomodulatory properties that support their study for the development for cancer therapy. However, the mechanisms of the anti- tumoral properties in vivo of mistletoe lectins are not fully understood. Because endothelial cells (EC) play a pivota...

Viscum album preparations are aqueous mistletoe plant extracts used in complementary and alternative medicine as immunomodulators in cancer therapy. However, evidence of immunological efficacy of mistletoe extracts (MEs) used in clinical trials is often lacking. Mechanisms involved in anti-tumor properties of ME and mistletoe lectins (MLs) modify both innate and adaptive immune systems, accordi...

Research is related to the biology and ecology of white mistletoe (Víscum álbum L.), with an analysis its impact on dendroflora natural artificial ecosystems. The sequence stages invasive cycle mistletoe, starting from stage infection, intensity invasion (the degree spread in crown), suppression host trees, their death biodegradation, as well mechanism these processes. These have different dura...

This study aimed to determine the phytochemical profiles,in vitroantioxidant and antiproliferative properties of KoreanCamellia mistletoe(Korthalsella japon-ica(Thunb.) Engl.) depending on harvest time (August November) sol-vent (100% methanol, 70% ethanol, hot water). TheCamellia japonicaL. mistle-toe extracts were analyzed for total phenol, flavonoid, carotenoid, L-ascorbic acid contents anti...

It is pointed out that the newly described Phoradendron perredactum Rzedowski & Calderón exhibits an advanced type of growth behavior (isophasic parasitism) that also occurs in three other, unrelated groups of parasitic flowering plants.