syringenin/viscum album

Cancer is one of the biggest problems in public health worldwide. Plants have been shown important role in anticancer research. Viscum album L. (Santalaceae), commonly known as mistletoe, is a semi-parasitic plant that grows on different host trees. In complementary medicine, extracts from European

Although a great number of compounds have been isolated from Viscum album (mistletoe, Viscaceae), none of them could be clearly shown to possess the established hypotensive, vasodilator, cardiotonic and antitumor activity of alcoholic preparations. In the course of our investigation of Armenian

The newly isolated phenylpropanoids syringin, syringenin-apiosylglucoside, eleutheroside E and the high molecular lectins and viscotoxins were selected for a standardization of mistletoe extracts and drug preparation. The phenylpropanoids found in all alcoholic and aqueous extracts were suitable for