[Studies on pharmacological activity of the Japanese and European mistletoe]

Yakugaku Zasshi. 1989 Aug;109(8):600-5. doi: 10.1248/yakushi1947.109.8_600.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

The pharmacological actions such as analgesic effect, diuretic action, hypoglycemic activity and hypotensive action were studied on the methanol extract of the Japanese mistletoe and the European mistletoe. The both extracts showed the hypotensive action when administered intravenously to cat. The methanol extract of the Japanese mistletoe also showed a increase of K+ value in the urine when administered orally to rat.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Analgesics / pharmacology
  • Animals
  • Antihypertensive Agents / isolation & purification
  • Blood Glucose / analysis
  • Blood Pressure / drug effects
  • Diuretics / pharmacology
  • Europe
  • Japan
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred ICR
  • Mistletoe*
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology
  • Plants, Medicinal*
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred Strains

Substances

  • Analgesics
  • Antihypertensive Agents
  • Blood Glucose
  • Diuretics
  • Plant Extracts