Skip to main content

Medical Subject Headings

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

... > Eukaryota > Viridiplantae > Streptophyta > Embryophyta > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Santalaceae > Viscum > Viscum album

Preferred term

Viscum album  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • European Mistletoe
  • Mistletoe, European

Note

  • entry term MISTLETOE, EUROPEAN: several mistletoe terms are available, check text and MeSH; Christmas mistletoe goes here

Scope note

  • A plant species of the family VISCACEAE, order Santalales, subclass Rosidae. This is the traditional mistletoe of literature and Christmas. Members contain viscotoxin (5 kDa basic polypeptides related to thionins), beta-galactoside- and N-acetyl-D-galactosamine-specific lectin II (60 kDa), and polysaccharides. Mistletoe lectin I is a type 2 ribosome-inactivating protein. Commercial extracts include Plenosol, Eurixor, Helixor Isorel, Iscador, and NSC 635089 (ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC).

History note

  • 2002

In other languages

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D028182

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 7/25/01, last modified 6/30/21