Viscum album [Viscum album]
- Terms
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jmelí bílé
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Mistletoe, European
A plant species of the family VISCACEAE, order Santalales, subclass Rosidae. This is the traditional mistletoe of literature and Christmas. Members contain viscotoxin (5 kDa basic polypeptides related to thionins), beta-galactoside- and N-acetyl-D-galactosamine-specific lectin II (60 kDa), and polysaccharides. Mistletoe lectin I is a type 2 ribosome-inactivating protein. Commercial extracts include Plenosol, Eurixor, Helixor Isorel, Iscador, and NSC 635089 (ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC).
- Annotation
- entry term MISTLETOE, EUROPEAN: several mistletoe terms are available, check text and MeSH; Christmas mistletoe goes here
- DUI
- D028182 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0381764
- Previous indexing
- Viscum (1963-2001)
- History note
- 2002
- Public note
- 2002
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