Emerging roles of mistletoes in malignancy management

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dc.contributor.authorPatel, Seema
dc.contributor.authorPanda, Suryakanta
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-23T18:58:19Z
dc.date.available2024-05-23T18:58:19Z
dc.date.digitized2018-12-31 16:44:11
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstract<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Abstract</strong> Mistletoes are a group of obligate plant semi-parasites in the order Santalales. These clumps of plants growing on a wide range of host plants have been traditionally regarded as medicinal repositories. However, current scientific discoveries have validated their health potentials like never before. Their extracts containing alkaloids, viscotoxins, lectins, and polysaccharides have been evidenced to possess a myriad biological potentials including cancer inhibition. Mistletoes have emerged as promising alternative therapy against colon, oral, lung, and pancreas cancers. The plant extracts bolster immunity, delay tumour initiation and progression, kill malignant tumours, stabilize DNA, alleviate side effects of chemotherapeutics, improve the lifespan, and coping ability of cancer patients and survivors. A range of proprietary formulations viz. Iscador, Eurixor, Helixor, Lektinol, Isorel, Iscucin, Abnoba-viscum and recombinant lectin ML-1 are already being commercialized. This review presents an informative account on the recent developments in mistle<br>toe-mediated cancer management. The underlying mechanisms, possibilities and limitations in cancer therapeutic development are outlined for kindling both researcher and public interest.<br><strong>Keywords</strong> Mistletoe, Anticancer, Lectin, Polysaccharide, Immune modifier</p><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Citation</strong>: Patel, S., &amp; Panda, S. (2014). Emerging roles of mistletoes in malignancy management. <em>3 Biotech</em>, <em>4</em>(1), 13–20. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-013-0124-6" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-013-0124-6</a></p>
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dc.identifier.citationPatel, S., & Panda, S. (2014). Emerging roles of mistletoes in malignancy management. 3 Biotech, 4(1), 13–20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-013-0124-6
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-013-0124-6
dc.identifier.externalUrl/library/2018/12/30/emerging-roles-of-mistletoes-in-malignancy-management
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14430/603
dc.subject.otherLectin
dc.subject.otherviscotoxins
dc.subject.otherMistletoe biochemistry
dc.subject.otherMistletoe clinical application
dc.subject.otherMistletoe
dc.titleEmerging roles of mistletoes in malignancy management
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oaire.citation.title3 Biotech
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