BACKGROUND Osteosarcoma is the most common bone tumor and is associated with a poor prognosis. Conventional therapies, surgery and chemotherapy, are still the standard but soon reach their limits. New therapeutic approaches are therefore needed. Conventional aqueous mistletoe extracts from the European mistletoe (Viscum album L.) are used in complementary cancer treatment. These commercial extr...

Viscum album L. has been used in the indigenous systems of medicine for treatment of headache and some inflammatory diseases. In order to evaluate this information, antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities of the five flavonoids (5,7-dimethoxy naringenin or 4',6'-dimethoxy chalcononaringenin) derivatives, isolated from the ethyl acetate fraction of the extract from V. album ssp. album, ...

Background The antitumoral efficacy of aqueous Viscum album extracts is attributed to the presence lectins and viscotoxins. However, previous studies demonstrated an activity European V. ethanolic homeopathic tinctures (VAHT) prepared according methodology. Aims To investigate seasonal influences (summer winter) in metabolomic profile ssp. mother evaluate some VAHT 3D tumor spheroid models. Met...

BACKGROUND In a previous study a decline of T-lymphocyte function was observed within a 6-month period of Viscum album extract (VA-E) application which did not occur in those patients with dose adaptation in response to strong local reactions (LR) or in those with moderate LR. To further investigate the immunological prerequisites of these differences in the VA-E susceptibilities, an analysis w...

Viscum album L. is a hemiparasite and most often parasitic on deciduous trees, the chemical composition of semi-parasite plant can vary depending time harvest, type host tree. The object study was leaves mistletoe growing domestic apple tree, collected in vicinity city Stavropol, common pear, territory Belorechensky district Krasnodar Territory. aim comparative content phenolic compounds antiox...