Properties |
Information |
PhytoCAT-ID |
PhytoCAT-214 |
Phytochemical name or plant extracts |
Viscum album (VA) extract |
PMID |
11933116 |
Literature evidence |
The VA extract led to an improvement of DNA repair in gamma-ray or 4-HCy damaged PBMC and to a significant increase of the IFN-gamma-production both in undamaged and in damaged cells. |
IUPAC name |
NA |
Phytochemicals’ class or type of plant extracts |
Extract |
Source of phytochemicals or plant Extracts |
Viscum album |
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Geographical availability |
Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, China South-Central, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yugoslavia |
Plant parts |
NA |
Other cancers |
Breast cancer, Pancreatic cancer, Lung cancer |
Target gene or protein |
p21, p53, p73, p38, Erk1/2, H2A histone family member X |
Gene or Protein evidence |
Causes down-regulation of p21, p53/p73 as well as Erk1/2 and p38 activation (in combination with Dox in MCF-7 cells)
Mistletoe extract simultaneously increased the expression of the DNA damage marker proteins, phosphorylated H2A histone family member X (H2A.X), and phosphorylated p38.
In addition to tumor growth inhibition, mistletoe extract inhibited lung metastasis in the tumor-bearing mice and cell invasiveness by downregulating the expressions of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA), uPA receptor, and markers of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (snail and fibronectin). |
Target pathways |
STAT3-FOXM1 Pathway |
IC50 |
NA |
Potency |
NA |
Cell line/ mice model |
NCI-H460, DU-145, HCC1143, MV3, PA-TU-8902, SKBR-3, MCF-7, 4T1 tumor-bearing BALB/c mice |
Additional information |
Inhibits VEGF secretion (In SK-BR-3 cells) and inhibits proliferation, causes both G0/G1 and G2/M arrest
Increases the expression of the DNA damage marker proteins, phosphorylated H2A histone family member X (H2A.X), and phosphorylated p38 (in 4T1 murine breast cancer cells), downregulates the expressions of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA), uPA receptor, and markers of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (snail and fibronectin) (4T1 tumor-bearing BALB/c mice) |
PubChem ID |
NA |
Additional PMIDs |
9451423 7733629 12576206 11933116 15154645 16334172 16927530 16927532 17493268 17695469 3951791 2433654 24397864 27491866 28630419 30363769 30658716 33040629 32478590 1782081 33622211 34201348 11347286 24876872 23961426 |
Additional sources of information |
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:300881-2 |
Safety |
NA |