Phytotherapy in integrative oncology—an update of promising treatment options

AM Zimmermann-Klemd, JK Reinhardt, M Winker… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Modern phytotherapy is part of today's conventional evidence-based medicine and the use
of phytopharmaceuticals in integrative oncology is becoming increasingly popular …

Are aspects of integrative concepts helpful to improve pancreatic cancer therapy?

SL Oei, F Schad - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Pancreatic carcinoma is one of the malignancies with the highest cancer-
specific mortality. While invading the microenvironment and the dense stroma, the immune …

Anticancer Activity of Mannose-Specific Lectin, BPL2, from Marine Green Alga Bryopsis plumosa

JH Lee, SB Lee, H Kim, JM Shin, M Yoon, HS An… - Marine Drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Lectin is a carbohydrate-binding protein that recognizes specific cells by binding to cell-
surface polysaccharides. Tumor cells generally show various glycosylation patterns, making …

Viscum album neutralizes tumor-induced immunosuppression in a human in vitro cell model

C Steinborn, AM Klemd, AS Sanchez-Campillo… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Tumor cells have the capacity to secrete immunosuppressive substances in order to
diminish dendritic cell (DC) activity and thereby escape from immune responses. The impact …

Preclinical evaluation of antitumoral and cytotoxic properties of viscum album fraxini extract on pediatric tumor cells

K Menke, M Schwermer, A Schramm, TJ Zuzak - Planta medica, 2019 - thieme-connect.com
In Europe, especially in German-speaking countries, administration of mistletoe extracts is
the most common and popular complementary and alternative therapy approach reported in …

Natural products and inflammation

N Latruffe - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
Inflammation (or inflammatory reaction) is the response to body aggression by a pathogen
agent, an allergen, a toxic compound, a tissue lesion, etc. It can be a general phenomenon …

Novel trisaccharide based phospholipids as immunomodulators

SR Bonam, D Bhunia, S Muller, SG Nerella… - International …, 2019 - Elsevier
A focused library of novel mannosylated glycophospholipids was synthesized employing
imidate coupling and H-phosphate phosphorylation methods. All novel glycophospholipids …

Phytochemistry, Pharmacology, and Toxicity of an Epiphytic Medicinal Shrub Viscum album L. (White Berry Mistletoe)

M Majeed, RU Rehman - Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Healthcare and …, 2021 - Springer
Plants have many uses such as healers and health rejuvenators since ancient times. Since
the ancient times, man has used plants to treat common infectious diseases, and some of …

Proteomic fingerprinting of mistletoe (Viscum album L.) via combinatorial peptide ligand libraries and mass spectrometry analysis

M Vergara-Barberán, MJ Lerma-García, M Nicoletti… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Combinatorial peptide ligand libraries (CPLLs), coupled to mass spectrometry (MS)
analysis, have been used to investigate in depth the proteome of Viscum album L.(VA) …

Therapeutic properties of lectins in herbal supplements

KM Mbae, S Umesha, HM Manukumar - Phytochemistry Reviews, 2018 - Springer
Medicinal plants host numerous therapeutic low molecular weight phytochemicals and
macromolecules such as polysaccharides and proteins. Lectins are glycan binding proteins …