Mistletoe: the genus Viscum/

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bussing, Arndt, Ed
Format: Printed Book
Published: Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Mistletoes.
Mistletoes-Therapeutic use.
Viscaeae.
Viscum.
Phytotherapy.
Medicine, Herbal.
Online Access:https://books.google.co.in/books?id=7QvxV3ELNv8C&pg=PA182&dq=mistletoe+bt+Arndt+Bussing&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi58a3TpKnXAhVKLI8KHbePDLUQ6AEIJTAA#v=onepage&q=mistletoe%20bt%20Arndt%20Bussing&f=false
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Preface to the Series ix
  • Preface xi
  • Contributors xiii
  • 1. Introduction: History of Mistletoe Uses 1
  • Arndt Bussing
  • 2. Viscum in the Context of its Family, Viscaceae, and its Diversity in Africa 7
  • Donald W. Kirkup, Roger M. Polhill and Delbert Wiens
  • 3. European Mistletoe: Taxonomy, Host Trees, Parts Used, Physiology 31
  • Hans Becker
  • 4. Korean Mistletoes and Other East-Asian Populations 45
  • Won-Bong Park
  • 5. Mistletoes from Argentina. Ligaria cuneifolia var. cuneifolia as a Substitute for the European Mistletoe (Viscum album L.) 61
  • Teresa B. Fernandez, Beatriz G. Varela, Carlos A. Taira, Rafael A. Ricco,
  • Alberto A. Gurni, Silvia E. Hajos, Elida M. C. Alvarez and Marcelo
  • L. Wagner
  • 6. Cultivation and Development of Viscum album L. 75
  • Hartmut Ramm, Konrad Urech, Markus Scheibler and
  • Gianfranco Grazi
  • 7. The Biotechnology of Viscum album L.: Tissue Culture, Somatic Embryogenesis and Protoplast Isolation 95
  • Spiridon Kintzios and Maria Barberaki
  • 8. Chemical Constituents of European Mistletoe (Viscum album L.) Isolation and Characterisation of the Main Relevant Ingredients:
  • Lectins, Viscotoxins, Oligo-/polysaccharides, Flavonoides, Alkaloids 101
  • Uwe Pfiiller
  • 9. Biological and Pharmacological Properties of Viscum album L. From Tissue flask to Man 123
  • Arndt Bussing
  • 10. Toxicology of Mistletoe and their Components 183
  • Gerburg M. Stein
  • 11. Adverse Effects during Therapy with Mistletoe Extracts 195
  • Gerburg M. Stein and Peter A. Berg
  • 12. Overview on Viscum album L. Products 209
  • Arndt Bussing
  • 13. Pharmaceutical Quality Control of Mistletoe Preparations 223
  • Elmar Lorch and Wilfried Troger
  • 14. Natural Versus Recombinant Mistletoe Lectin-1. Market Trends 237
  • Josef Beuth
  • 15. The Magic Potion becomes Serious: Whole Plant Extracts vs. Defined Components 247
  • Gerburg M. Stein and Michael Schietzel
  • Index 263.

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