Arndt Bussing

Mistletoe

The Genus Viscum

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a comprehensive overview of current knowledge in mistletoe use from well recognised researchers and is an invaluable reference source for anyone with interest in the applications of this plant.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 734g
• ISBN-13: 9789058230928
• ISBN-10: 9058230929
• Artikelnr.: 25920951

Autorenporträt

Bussing, Arndt

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: History of Mistletoe Uses 2. Viscum in the Context of its
Family, Viscaceae, and its Diversity in Africa 3. European Mistletoe:
Taxonomy, Host Trees, Parts Used, Physiology 4. Korean Mistletoes and Other
East-Asian Populations 5. Mistletoes from Argentina. Ligaria cuneifolia
var. cuneifolia as a Substitute for the European Mistletoe (Viscum album
L.) 6. Cultivation and Development of Viscum album L. 7. The Biotechnology
of Viscum album L.: Tissue Culture, Somatic Enbryogenesis and Protoplast
Isolation 8. Chemical Constituents of European Mistletoe Viscum album L.)
Isolation and Characterisation of the Main Relevant Ingredients: Lectins,
Viscotoxins, Oligo-/polysaccharides, Flavonoides, Alkaloids 9. Biological
and Pharmacological Properties of Viscum album L. From Tissue Flask to Man
10. Toxicology of Mistletoe and their Components 11. Adverse Effects during
Therapy with Mistletoe Extracts 12. Overview on Viscum album L. Products
13. Pharmaceutical Quality Control of Mistletoe Preparations 14. Natural
Versus Recombinant Mistletoe Lectin-1. Market Trends 15. The Magic Potion
becomes Serious: Whole Plant Extracts vs. Defined Components