Study on the dynamic variation of the secondary metabolites in Viscum coloratum using targeted metabolomics / 中国天然药物

Viscum coloratum (Kom.) Nakai is a well-known medicinal plant. However, the optimal harvest time for V. coloratum is unknown. Few studies were performed to analyze compound variation during storage and to improve post-harvest quality control. Our study aimed to comprehensively evaluate the quality of V. coloratum in different growth stages, and determine the dynamic variation of metabolites. Ultra-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry was used to quantify 29 compounds in V. coloratum harvested in six growth periods, and the associated biosynthetic pathways were explored. The accumulation of different types of compounds were analyzed based on their synthesis pathways. Grey relational analysis was used to evaluate the quality of V. coloratum across different months. The compound variation during storage was analyzed by a high-temperature high-humidity accelerated test. The results showed that the quality of V. coloratum was the hightest in March, followed by November, and became the lowest in July. During storage, compounds in downstream steps of the biosynthesis pathway were first degraded to produce the upstream compounds and some low-molecular-weight organic acids, leading to an increase followed by a decrease in the content of some compounds, and resulted in a large gap during the degradation time course among different compounds. Due to the rapid rate and large degree of degradation, five compounds were tentatively designated as "early warning components" for quality control. This report provides reference for better understanding the biosynthesis and degradation of metabolites in V. coloratum and lays a theoretical foundation for rational application of V. coloratum and better quality control of V. coloratum during storage.

Lectins in Viscum:a progress review / 中国中药杂志

Viscum plants,the evergreen perennial parasitic shrubs or subshrubs,are mainly distributed in tropical and subtropical regions. There are about 70 Viscum species around the world,including 11 species and one variety in China. Mistletoe lectins are typeⅡ ribosome-inactivating proteins( RIPs) extracted from Viscum plants with anticancer and immunoregulatory activities. Many studies have focused on the mistletoe lectins isolated from V. album in Europe and V. album var. coloratum distributed in South Korea,respectively,and several preparations,such as Iscucin Ⓡ,were developed and clinically applied for cancer treatment. Although Viscum plants are widely distributed in China,only a few studies of mistletoe lectins have been reported. The recent progress of mistletoe lectins was reviewed from extraction,purification,quantitative/qualitative detection,molecular structure,pharmacological activities,toxicities,and clinical application,aiming at providing a reference for in-depth research and utilization of mistletoe lectins produced in China.

Chemical Pleurodesis Using Doxycycline and Viscum album Extract

BACKGROUND: In chemical pleurodesis for managing pulmonary air leak, tetracycline derivatives are commonly used, and their effectiveness has been established in many studies. Recently, a Viscum album extract was used in chemical pleurodesis. We compared the effects of V. album with those of a tetracycline derivative (doxycycline) to demonstrate the therapeutic effectiveness of the V. album extract in chemical pleurodesis for managing pulmonary air leak. METHODS: Between October 2010 and October 2016, chemical pleurodesis was performed using doxycycline in 40 patients and the V. album extract in 37 patients. Thirty-three patients were in the postoperative state after pulmonary resection, and 44 patients suffered from spontaneous pneumothorax. RESULTS: No statistically significant difference in the success rate was observed between the 2 groups (V. album extract and doxycycline). In both groups, chest pain was the most common complication. More patients in the doxycycline group complained of severe chest pain (42.1% vs. 13.5%, p=0.006). In the V. album extract group, 24.3% of the patients required a chest tube to drain the pleural effusion after cessation of the air leak (doxycycline group: 5%, p=0.022). Further, the amount of pleural effusion drained on the day after the last chemical pleurodesis in the V. album extract group was greater than that in the doxycycline group (162.2±170.2 mL vs. 97.0±77.2 mL, p=0.032). All patients were discharged from the hospital without complications after pleural effusion drainage. CONCLUSION: Considering that treatment using the V. album extract was less painful, V. album might be a feasible option for chemical pleurodesis. However, pleural effusion should be monitored carefully when using V. album extract for treating patients suffering from air leak.

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome after Viscum album Pleurodesis for Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax

A 52-year-old male patient who underwent multiple wedge resections experienced postoperative acute respiratory distress syndrome in both lungs after Viscum album pleurodesis. Despite initial rapid deterioration in clinical condition and rapid progression of bilateral lung infiltration, he exhibited a relatively smooth clinical recovery with marked response to glucocorticoid treatment. Our case report suggests that care must be taken to guard against the development of acute respiratory complications in the use of Viscum album for pleurodesis. However, in view of the clinically benign course, initial aggressive management of complications can prevent suffering and sequelae.

Triterpenoids and triterpenoid saponins of Viscum liquidambaricolum / 中国中药杂志

To study the triterpenoids and triterpenoid saponins of Viscum liquidambaricolum further, chemical constituents were isolated from the title plant by various chromatographic methods such as silica gel and ODS medium pressure column chromatography, Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography, et al. Their structures were elucidated by physiochemical properties and spectral analysis. Eight triterpenoids and triterpenoid saponins were isolated and identified as myricadiol(1), maslinic acid(2), 2alpha, 3beta, 23-trihydroxyolean-12-en-28-oic acid(3), oleanolic acid 3-O-beta-D-glucuronopyranoside-6'-O-methyl ester(4), oleanolic acid 3-O-beta-D-glucuropyranoside(5), oleanolic acid 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->2)-alpha-L-arabinopyranoside (6), 3-O-beta-D-glucuronopyranosyl-oleanolic acid-28-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (7), 3-O-beta-D-glucuronopyranosyl-oleanolic acid-28-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->6)-beta-D-glucopyranoside (8). Compounds 1-8 were isolated from this plant and the genus for the first time.

Determination of twenty pesticide residues in Viscum coloratum by gas chromatography using cloud-point extraction / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To establish a gas chromatography method for simultaneous determination of organochlorine and pyrethroid pesticide residues in Viscum coloratum by cloud-point extraction (CPE).</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Pesticides were extracted with the non-ionic surfactant Triton X-100. The apparatus was gas chromatography with electron capture detector and the separation was performed on an Hp-5 column. The pesticide residues were calculated by external standard method.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Good linear relation was obtained over the range of 5-500 microg L(-1) for organochlorine and 10-1,000 microg L(-1) for pyrethroid. The limits of detection was 1.5-7.5 microg kg(-1). The average recoveries of organochlorine and pyrethroid were 74.15% -111.6% with corresponding RSD of 4.0% -9.1%.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The sample and rapid method was applied to pesticide residues determination.</p>

Study function of endophytic fungus in parasitism process of mistletoe / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To research the function of endophytes of mistletoe in parasitism process of mistletoe in Pterocarya stenoptera.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Endophytes from eight different parts of the mistletoe were separated by explant culture, and further screened by different CMC plates culture and DNS method to get cellulase high productive strains. The distribution of the endophytic fungus parasitized in mistletoe were prepared and stained to demonstrate by histological section of the intumescentia part of the P. stenoptera.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>The histological section indicated that aboundent of hyphasma were distributed around the haustorium of the mistletoe. Eighty three strains of endophytic fungus were separated, 38 of them were able to degrade cellulose, 19 strains showed high cellulase activity and 10 of which were separated from the parasitic position.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Endophytic fungus of mistletoe can secrete cellulase and assist the haustorium of mistletoe to breakthrough the cell walls as well as intercellular space tissues of the P. stenoptera, thus, the endophytic fungus plays an important role in the parasitism process of mistletoe in P. stenoptera.</p>

Extraction and content determination of polysaccharides in Viscum coloratum / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To establish a method for extraction and content determination of polysaccharide in Viscum coloratum.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Polysaccharide was extracted by hot water, separated by ultrafiltration and ion-exchange chromatography. The content determination was performed at wavelength 490 nm with phenol-sulfuric acid as a chtomo-genic agent.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>The content of polyaccharide in V. coloratum, CVPS-III, and CVPS-III-C were respectively 4.93% (RSD 1.04%, n = 3), 43.28% (RSD 1.39%, n =3), 69.55% (RSD 1.62%, n = 3), and the average recovery was 96.07% (RSD 2.54%, n = 5).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The method was simple, rapid, and accurate.</p>

Chemical constituents from Viscum nudum and their accelerating PC12 cell differentiation / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate chemical constituents of the stem of Viscum nudum and their bioacyivity.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>The major chemical constituents were isolated from the AcOEt-solved part of ethanol-extract of the plant by column chromatography and the active screening test in vitro were taken out for looking for compounds to acccelerate PC12 cell differentiation.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>5 compounds were identified as eriodictyol (1), 5, 7-dihydroxy-3', 4'-dimethoxy flavanone (2), oleanolic (3), 5, 7-dihydroxychromone (4) and homeriodictyol (5) by spectral evidences, in which homeriodictyol (5) had acceleration differentiation to PC12 cell.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>All compounds were obtained from this plant for the first time, and bioactive constituent was observed in the AcOEt-solved part.</p>

Studies on the anticancer effects of total alkaloid from Viscum coloratum / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the anticancer effects of total alkaloid from Viscum coloratum in vivo and vitro.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>In vitro, MTT assays were used t o measure the inhibitory effect. Cells at period of logarithmic growth were incubated for 24 hours. Then total alkaloid of various concentrations were added. 24 hours later, supernatant was removed and MTT was added. 4 hours after that, DMSO was added, then 30 minutes later, A value was measured. In vivo, suspension of carcinoma cells was implanted in the mice's limbs subcutaneously, 0.2mL each. 24 hours later, the mice were grouped randomly. Fed by total alkaloid continuously for 7 days, the mice were sacrificed. The tumors were weighed and calculated the inhibitory rates.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>In vitro, it shows that total alkaloid has prominent inhibitory effect on the growth of carcinoma cells. In vivo, it shows that total alkaloid can inhibit the growth of tumors and prolong the survival days of the mice bearing tumors.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Total alkaloid from Viscum coloratum has the activities of anticancer.</p>

Isolation and structure identification of chemical constituents from Viscum liquidambaricolum / 药学学报

<p><b>AIM</b>To study the chemical constituents of Viscum liquidambaricolum Hayata.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Various chromatographic techniques were used to separate and purify the compounds. Their spectral data (MS,IR,NMR) were measured for structure identification.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Five compounds were isolated from Viscum liquidambaricolum and their structures were identified as trans-cinnamic acid (I), oleanolic acid (II), chrysin (III), eriodictyol (IV) and liquidamboside (V).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Liquidamboside (V) is a new compound, the known compounds I - IV were isolated from this plant for the first time, I, III, IV were isolated from Loranthaceae for the first time.</p>

Immunomodulatory therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatocellular carcinoma is probably the most common solid human malignancy in the world and its incidence in Egypt has dramatically increased during the last decade. In spite of the availability of different strategies for treating hepatocellular carcinoma in the form of surgical resection, transarterial embolization, percutaneous ethanol injection therapy, radiofrequency wave ablation and chemotherapy, a considerable percentage of cases were found not fit to go into one of all these modalities. On the other hand, the aqueous extracts of the European mistletoe plant [Viscum album] have been used for years for systemic nonspecific stimulation of the immune system in cancer therapy. This study tried to assess the effect of mistletoe [Viscum album] on the natural history of unresected HCC, on one side, and its role in preventing postoperative recurrence after surgically resected cases, on the other side. Thirty-three patients with advanced unresectable HCC represented the first group in this study and 10 cases of post surgical resection were included in the second group. Mistletoe proved itself as a save medication easily tolerable with minimal side effects, it improves the quality of life through immunological pathway, but in this study it failed to demonstrate any significant effect in the progression or limitation of the size of the tumor nor on prevention of recurrence after postoperative resection

Viscum Album Therapy in Malignant Pleural Effusion / 대한흉부외과학회지

BACKGROUND: Malignant pleural effusion is a common clinical problem in neoplastic patients. With the diagnosis of a malignant pleural effusion, palliative therapy was done. One of the treatments was a chemical pleurodesis. Talc was the most commonly used a sclerosing agent, but the quality of patient's life was not improved. We was evaluated by other agents such as Viscum album for relief of malignant pleural effusion. MATERIAL AND METHOD: From November 2001 to October 2003, 17 patients who underwent to chemical pleurodesis for the malignant pleural effusion. We compared the talc (group I: 10 patients) and Viscum album (group II: 7 patients). We analysed them retrospectively in term of various factors and results. RESULT: There were no significant differences between group I and group II in the sex ratio, mean age, origin of primary cancer and site, but, group I had higher successful rate (80%:71%) than group II. Group II had better length of chest tube stay after procedure, Karnofsky performance and recurrence than group I. The failed treatement group was related to the pleural fluid pH and interval of initial chemical pleurodesis after thoracostomy. CONCLUSION: Although the chemical pleurodesis with Viscum album was slightly lower than talc in the successful rate, there was an alternative method instead of the chemical pleurodesis with talc to improve the patient's quality of life in malignant pleural effusion.

Viscum Album Therapy in Malignant Pleural Effusion / 대한흉부외과학회지

BACKGROUND: Malignant pleural effusion is a common clinical problem in neoplastic patients. With the diagnosis of a malignant pleural effusion, palliative therapy was done. One of the treatments was a chemical pleurodesis. Talc was the most commonly used a sclerosing agent, but the quality of patient's life was not improved. We was evaluated by other agents such as Viscum album for relief of malignant pleural effusion. MATERIAL AND METHOD: From November 2001 to October 2003, 17 patients who underwent to chemical pleurodesis for the malignant pleural effusion. We compared the talc (group I: 10 patients) and Viscum album (group II: 7 patients). We analysed them retrospectively in term of various factors and results. RESULT: There were no significant differences between group I and group II in the sex ratio, mean age, origin of primary cancer and site, but, group I had higher successful rate (80%:71%) than group II. Group II had better length of chest tube stay after procedure, Karnofsky performance and recurrence than group I. The failed treatement group was related to the pleural fluid pH and interval of initial chemical pleurodesis after thoracostomy. CONCLUSION: Although the chemical pleurodesis with Viscum album was slightly lower than talc in the successful rate, there was an alternative method instead of the chemical pleurodesis with talc to improve the patient's quality of life in malignant pleural effusion.

Determination of primary structure of a novel peptide from mistletoe and its antitumor activity / 药学学报

<p><b>AIM</b>To study the antitumor peptide components in the stems and leaves of mistletoe (Viscum coloratum (Kom.) Nakai), the primary structure of the novel peptide was elucidated.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Cation exchange, gel filtration and HPLC were employed for isolation and purification. Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight-Mass Spectrometry was used to determine the mass. The complete amino acid sequence of the novel peptide was obtained by Edman degradation combined with enzyme digestion. The antitumor activity of the peptide in vitro was studied with MTT method.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The primary stucture of the peptide named as viscotoxin B2 is KSCCKNTTGRNIYNTCRFAGGSRERCAKLSGCKIISASTCPSDYPK. The IC50 value of viscotoxin B2 on the Rat Osteoblast-like Sarcoma 17/2.8 cells in vitro is 1.6 mg x L(-1).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Viscotoxin B2 in V. coloratum, which has high similarity with viscotoxins from V. album, showed antitumor activity.</p>

Biological therapy as a natural modality in management of hepatocellular carcinoma

Biological therapy as a natural modality in management of hepatocellular carcinoma ABST: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of Viscum Fraxini as a biological therapy in the management of hepatocellular carcinoma. Thirty patients with primary hepatocellular carcinoma were subjected to weekly injection of 3 ml of Viscum Fraxini extract. According to the duration of treatment, they were divided into four groups. The impact of the drug on liver enzymes, liver and kidney function tests, blood picture, alpha fetoprotein level, quality of life and tumor size was investigated and compared between the individual groups. The drug significantly affected the quality of life with a considerable improvement of the appetite, increase in sleeping hours and remarkable decrease in pain in right hypochondrium. The drug led to a reduction in alpha fetoprotein level, improved Hb level and RBCs count; and its effect on the tumor size was promising, but not significant. It was concluded that Viscum Fraxini is safe and valuable therapy for the management of hepatocellular carcinoma

Multicenter open labeled clinical study in advanced breast cancer patients. a preliminary report

Twenty-six patients of advanced breast cancer from nine Egyptian oncology centers received viscum fraxini 2 [VF2]. All patients had exhausted all other lines of treatment [surgical, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and hormonal therapy] and were complaining of various degree of severity of symptoms. Those patients had a life expectancy not less then six months. VF2 was given through subcutaneous injection of 30.000 ngm around or/and intralesional in the site of the primary or recurrent breast lesions. The clinical and laboratory examinations were conducted once weekly. During the treatment trial, no pain controlling or sleeping drugs were used. The end point of assessment was 16 weeks, however, 18 cases continued treatment by viscum for different periods [18-136 weeks]. The total response rate [TRR] at the end of the 16 weeks of treatment was 15/26, while, TRR of cases that continued the treatment more than 16 weeks up to 136 weeks showed an average of 13/18. No TRR difference was noted between pre- and postmenopausal cases

Immumoadjuvant Activitiy of Korean Mistletoe Extract ( Viscum album coloratum ) to Enhance Humoral and Cellular Immune Response / 대한면역학회지

Immunoadjuvant activities of the extract (KM-110) from Korean mistletoe ( Viscum album coloratum) on the induction of humoral and cellular responses against Keyhole limpet hemocyanim (KLH) as an antigen and allogenic tumor cells were examined. When mice were immunized subcataneously (s.c.) with KLH admixed with KM-110, more than 1000-times higher antibody titers to KLH than those immunized with KLH alone was observed. KM-110 induced high level of KLH- specific IgG1, IgG2a and IgG2b antibodies. In an in vitro analysis of lymphocytes proliferation to KLH on week 4, the splenocytes of mice treated with KLH and KM- 110 exhibited significantly higher proliferating activity than those treated with KLH alone. In addition, the culture supernatnats obtained from the splenocytes of mice treated with both KLH and KM-110 showed high level of IL-2 and IL-4. In the test of cellular immune responses, KM-110 enhanced the DTH reaction to KLH in mice. Furthemore, cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) activity using an allogenic CTL induction model where C57BL/6 (H-2b) mice were injected with allogenic P815 (H-2d) mastocytoma cells admixed with or without KM-110, mice treated with P815 cells and KM-110 showed higher cytatoxic activity against allogenic tumor cells than those treated without KM-110. This results suggest that KM-110 may possess adjuvant activities to potentially enhance humoral as well as cellular immune responses against antigens.

Immunological Activities of Korean Mistletoe Extract ( Viscum album coloratum ; KM - 110 ) / 대한면역학회지

Immunological effect of the extract (KM-110) from Korean mistletoe (Viscum album coloratum) was examined. Lymphocytes obtained from KM-110-administrated mice showed increased responsiveness to mitogens, concanavalin-A (Con.A) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS). In order to study cytokine induct ability of the KM-110, macrophages from the Balb/c mice were cultivated in the medium containing the extract. the macrophages were shown to induce secretion of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin 1 and 6 (IL-1, IL-6) and interferon-gamma (INF-gamma). We then tested antitumor activity of the macrophages activated by the KM-110. Peritoneal macrophages harvested from the KM110-treated Balb/c mice exhibited cytotoxicity against the syngeneic 3LL carcinoma cells. ...continue...