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Anticarcinogenic
and antimetastatic activity of Iscador
Kuttan G, Menon LG, Antony S, Kuttan R
Amala
Cancer Research Centre, Trissur, Kerala State, India
Methylcholanthrene-induced
sarcoma formation in mice was found to be effectively inhibited by the
intraperitoneal injection of mistletoe extract (Iscador M).
Induction of sarcoma and sarcoma-induced death were inhibited completely at a
concentration of 1 mg Iscador/dose.
The concentration needed for 50% inhibition was found to be 0.0166 mg Iscador/dose.
Mistletoe extract was also found to inhibit lung metastasis induced by B16F10
melanoma cells in mice.
Simultaneous administration of the Viscum album extract inhibited lung nodule
formation by 92.0% and produced a 71.3% increase in life span.
PMID:
9179361 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9179361&dopt=Abstract
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