Mistletoe
Subtitle: from mythology to evidence-based medicine
By: volume editors, Kurt S. Zänker, Witten, Srini V. Kaveri, Paris/Mumbai
Series: Translational research in biomedicine -- vol. 4; Translational research in biomedicine -- v. 4.
Publisher: Karger
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Basel; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9783318054446; 9783318054453
Subjects: Anti-Inflammatory Agents; Fatigue; Drug therapy; Therapeutic use; Phytogenic Antineoplastic Agents; Viscum album
Work titles: Mistletoe (Zänker)
Notes: "5 figures, 5 in color, 5 tables, 2015."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Mistletoe through cultural and medical history : the all-healing plant proves to be a cancer-specific remedy / Ramm, H.; title: Chemical constituents of viscum album L. : implications for the pharmaceutical preparation of mistletoe / Urech, K.; Baumgartner, S.; title: The anti-cancer activity of mistletoe preparations, as related to their polyphenolic profiles / Schramm, H.M.; title: From Berlin and Witten to Southampton and Hamburg : 25 years of mistletoe research cooperation / Schumacher, U.; Pfüller, U.; title: Mistletoe compounds as anti-cancer drugs : effects and mechanisms in the treatment of glioblastoma / Schötterl, S.; Naumann, U.; title: Cancer surgery and supportive mistletoe therapy : from scepticism to randomised clinical trials / Galun, D.; Tröger, W.; Milicevic, M.; title: Dissecting the anti-inflammatory effects of viscum album : inhibition of cytokine-induced expression of cyclo-oxygenase-2 and secretion of prostaglandin E2 / Elluru, S.R.; Saha, C.; Hedge, P.; Friboulet, A.; Bayry, J.; Kaveri, S.V.; title: Dancing with the Devil : cancer-related fatigue, from inflammation to treatment options / Zänker, K.S.