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Descriptor English: Viscum album
Descriptor Spanish: Viscum album
Descriptor Viscum album
Scope note: Especie de plantas de la familia VISCACEAE, orden Santalales, subclase Rosidae. Es el tradicional muérdago de la literatura y de la Navidad. Los miembros contienen viscotoxina (polipéptidos básicos de 5 kDa relacionados con las tioninas), lectina II específica de betagalactósido y de N-acetil-D-galactosamina (60 kDa), así como polisacáridos. La lectina I del muérdago es un tipo de proteína inactivadora de los ribosomas de tipo 2. Los extractos comerciales contienen Plenosol, Eurixor, Helixor Isore, Iscador y NSC 635089 (ANTINEOPLÁSICOS FITOGÉNICOS).
Descriptor Portuguese: Viscum album
Descriptor French: Viscum album
Entry term(s): European Mistletoe
Mistletoe, European
Viscum albums
albums, Viscum
Tree number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.884.916.500
HP4.018.778.335
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D028182
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).
Annotation: entry term MISTLETOE, EUROPEAN: several mistletoe terms are available, check text and MeSH; Christmas mistletoe goes here
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PO poisoning
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TO toxicity
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Viscum (1963-2001)
Public MeSH Note: 2002
History Note: 2002
DeCS ID: 35889
Unique ID: D028182
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Date Established: 2002/01/01
Date of Entry: 2001/07/25
Revision Date: 2017/07/07
Viscum album - Preferred
Concept UI M0381764
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).
Preferred term Viscum album
Entry term(s) European Mistletoe
Mistletoe, European
Viscum albums
albums, Viscum



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