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Pokeweed

Pokeweed has various traditional uses, from medicinal to industrial processes. It is used as a cathartic, emetic, narcotic, and gargle. Additional medicinal uses include treatment of various skin diseases, conjunctivitis, syphilis, cancer, parasitic infestations of the scalp, chronic rheumatism, ringworm, dyspepsia, swollen glands, scabies, ulcers, edema, dysmenorrhea, mumps, and tonsillitis. It is currently popular for its antimicrobial and antineoplastic activity. [Pg.100]

Pokeweed is stated to possess antirheumatic, anticatarrhal, mild anodyne, emetic, purgative, parasiticidal, and fungicidal properties. Traditionally, it has been used for rheumatism, respiratory catarrh, tonsillitis, laryngitis, adenitis, mastitis, mumps, skin infections (e.g., scabies, tinea, sycosis, acne), mammary abscesses, and mastitis. [Pg.100]

Carr DJ, Carpenter GW, Garza HH Jr, France CP, Prakash OM (1995) Chronic infrequent opioid exposure suppresses 1L-2R expression on rhesus monkey peripheral blood mononuclear cells foUowing stimulation with pokeweed mitogen. Int J Neurosci 81 137-148... [Pg.332]

PWM Pokeweed mitogen Pyran divinylether maleic acid... [Pg.285]

Irvin, J.D. (1983) Pokeweed antiviral protein. Pharmacol. Ther. 21, 371-387. [Pg.1077]

Lambert, J.M., Senter, P.D., Yau-Young, A., Blattler, W.A., and Goldmacher, V.S. (1985) Purified immuno-toxins that are reactive with human lymphoid cells Monoclonal antibodies conjugated to the ribosomeinactivating proteins gelonin and the pokeweed antiviral proteins./. Biol. Chem. 260, 12035-12041. [Pg.1086]

Anti-tumour monoclonal antibodies can also be used to deliver toxins to tumour sites. Toxins conjugated to therapeutic antibodies include ricin, pokeweed toxin, Pseudomonas toxin and... [Pg.384]

Fig. 12. Summary of sequential investigations carried out on a patient with Bence Jones myelomatosis. Note the high blood urea, high proteinuria, and the early elevated pokeweed mitogen (PWM) response instead of elevated phytohemagglutinin (PHA) response. Urine protein , blood urea O, PWM PHA ratio o, IgM,, IgA X,IgG. Fig. 12. Summary of sequential investigations carried out on a patient with Bence Jones myelomatosis. Note the high blood urea, high proteinuria, and the early elevated pokeweed mitogen (PWM) response instead of elevated phytohemagglutinin (PHA) response. Urine protein , blood urea O, PWM PHA ratio o, IgM,, IgA X,IgG.
Gastrointestinal Direct stomach irritation -nausea, vomiting and diarrhea California buckthorn (sacred bark), tung nut, horse chestnut, pokeweed Emodin and esculine (toxins) oil from seeds, nuts some medical uses Children are most often affected... [Pg.166]

Pokeweed leaf or root Herbs rich in colchicine... [Pg.1394]

Pokeweed antiviral Plant A elongation factor 1 and elongation... [Pg.364]

Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers. No studies were located regarding immunological effects in humans after oral exposure to PBDEs. No effects on pokeweed mitogen-stimulated DNA proliferation or IgG immunoglobulin synthesis were found in human lymphocytes exposed to 2,2, 4,4 -tetraBDE or 2,2, 3,4,4 -pentaBDE in vitro (Femlof et al. 1997). [Pg.158]

Betalain Color depends on pH Reduced flavonoid Betanin Pokeweed (Phytolacca Americana L.) Lambsquarters (Chenopodium americana L.) Named after beets. Occur in many flowers and fruits... [Pg.23]

Neutral glycosphingolipids block immune cell proliferation and IL-2 production evoked by exposure to pokeweed (aT cell mitogen) (Persat et al., 1996)... [Pg.205]

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