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Viscum album L. - Loranthaceae - mistletoe, European mistletoe, Weißbeerige Mistel, Laubholz-Mistel
Dioecious, muchbranched, semiparasitic evergreen shrub, native to Europe, temperate Asia; branches pendulous, up to 1m long; leaves simple, thick, leathery, yellow-green; flowers inconspicuous, pale yellow; berries two-seeded, white, with sticky pulp.
„Several subspecies are commonly accepted. They differ in fruit colour, leaf shape and size, and most obviously in the host trees utilised.“ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viscum_album
The fresh or dried herb or leaves only are used to make products for cytostatic, non-specific immune stimulation injections. The plant contains lectins (0.1%, mistle lectin I-III), each of which with numerous isolectins.
„Of special interest are up to 0.1% viscotoxins, polypeptides (viscotoxins A, B, P) composed of 46 amino acids.
Some clinical studies showed significant benefits in the treatment of malignant metastatic tumors.“
[Medicinal Plants of the World. Ben-Erik Van Wyk and Michael Wink, Pretoria 2004, 342]