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#Viscum (mistletoe)<ref>{{cite book | vauthors=((Agrios, G. N.)) | date= 2005 | chapter=Plant Pathology | title=PLANT DISEASES CAUSED BY PARASITIC HIGHER PLANTS, INVASIVE CLIMBING PLANTS, AND PARASITIC GREEN ALGAE | publisher=Elsevier | pages=705–722 | url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/B9780080473789500191 | doi=10.1016/B978-0-08-047378-9.50019-1 | isbn=9780120445653}}</ref> | #Viscum (mistletoe)<ref>{{cite book | vauthors=((Agrios, G. N.)) | date= 2005 | chapter=Plant Pathology | title=PLANT DISEASES CAUSED BY PARASITIC HIGHER PLANTS, INVASIVE CLIMBING PLANTS, AND PARASITIC GREEN ALGAE | publisher=Elsevier | pages=705–722 | url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/B9780080473789500191 | doi=10.1016/B978-0-08-047378-9.50019-1 | isbn=9780120445653}}</ref> | ||
| − | [[American Mistletoe]] ([[Phoradendron]] serotinum) has a history of use in Mexican and South American traditional medicine for the treatment of cancer. | + | [[American Mistletoe]] ([[Phoradendron]] serotinum) has a history of use in Mexican and South American traditional medicine for the treatment of cancer.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors=((Alonso-Castro, A. J.)), ((Juárez-Vázquez, M. del C.)), ((Domínguez, F.)), ((González-Sánchez, I.)), ((Estrada-Castillón, E.)), ((López-Toledo, G.)), ((Chávez, M.)), ((Cerbón, M. A.)), ((García-Carranca, A.)) | journal=Journal of Ethnopharmacology | title=The antitumoral effect of the American mistletoe Phoradendron serotinum (Raf.) M.C. Johnst. (Viscaceae) is associated with the release of immunity-related cytokines | volume=142 | issue=3 | pages=857–864 | date=1 August 2012 | url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874112004175 | doi=10.1016/j.jep.2012.06.018 | access-date=13 March 2023}}</ref> |
European Mistletoe (Viscum Album) is the genus with the most scientific interest. It was used in traditional European herbal medicine for non-oncologic conditions including epilepsy, hypertension, and heart failure. In 1917 <br />[[File:Mistel_2002.jpg|thumb|[[Wikipedia:Viscum album|Viscum album]]|alt=]]'''Mistletoe therapy''' is the therapeutic use of mistletoe (mainly [[Wikipedia:Viscum album|viscum album]]). A main field of use in [[anthroposophic medicine]] is the treatment of [[cancer]], there is also nononcological uses for example in [[Wikipedia:Rheumatic disorders|rheumatic disorders]]. | European Mistletoe (Viscum Album) is the genus with the most scientific interest. It was used in traditional European herbal medicine for non-oncologic conditions including epilepsy, hypertension, and heart failure. In 1917 <br />[[File:Mistel_2002.jpg|thumb|[[Wikipedia:Viscum album|Viscum album]]|alt=]]'''Mistletoe therapy''' is the therapeutic use of mistletoe (mainly [[Wikipedia:Viscum album|viscum album]]). A main field of use in [[anthroposophic medicine]] is the treatment of [[cancer]], there is also nononcological uses for example in [[Wikipedia:Rheumatic disorders|rheumatic disorders]]. | ||
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Botany
Mistletoe is the general term given to the parasitic and hemi-parasitic tree dwelling genuses of the family Viscaceae which contains three genera of mistletoe:
- Arceuthobium (dwarf mistletoe)
- Phoradendron (American mistletoe)
- Viscum (mistletoe)[1]
American Mistletoe (Phoradendron serotinum) has a history of use in Mexican and South American traditional medicine for the treatment of cancer.[2]
European Mistletoe (Viscum Album) is the genus with the most scientific interest. It was used in traditional European herbal medicine for non-oncologic conditions including epilepsy, hypertension, and heart failure. In 1917
Mistletoe therapy is the therapeutic use of mistletoe (mainly viscum album). A main field of use in anthroposophic medicine is the treatment of cancer, there is also nononcological uses for example in rheumatic disorders.
Literature
- Johnson, Steven; Winters, Nasha; Blanning, Adam; Debus, Marion; Faust, Paul; Hancock, Mark; Hinderberger, Peter (2022-02-25). Mistletoe and the Emerging Future of Integrative Oncology. SteinerBooks, Incorporated. ISBN 978-1-938685-33-0.
Weblinks
- https://www.mistletoe-therapy.org/
- Anthromedics: Principles and Application of Mistletoe Therapy in Oncology: https://www.anthromedics.org/PRA-0897-EN
References
- ↑ Agrios, G. N. (2005). "Plant Pathology". PLANT DISEASES CAUSED BY PARASITIC HIGHER PLANTS, INVASIVE CLIMBING PLANTS, AND PARASITIC GREEN ALGAE. Elsevier. pp. 705–722. doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-047378-9.50019-1. ISBN 9780120445653.
- ↑ Alonso-Castro, A. J., Juárez-Vázquez, M. del C., Domínguez, F., González-Sánchez, I., Estrada-Castillón, E., López-Toledo, G., Chávez, M., Cerbón, M. A., García-Carranca, A. (1 August 2012). "The antitumoral effect of the American mistletoe Phoradendron serotinum (Raf.) M.C. Johnst. (Viscaceae) is associated with the release of immunity-related cytokines". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 142 (3): 857–864. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2012.06.018. Retrieved 13 March 2023.