ABSTRACT
Semiparasitic plants, mistletoes distributed in Korea and other East-Asian countries (mainly China and Japan) have long been recognised as therapeutic herbs (Li, 1975). Mistletoes are traditionally used as sedative, analgesic, spasmolytic, cardiac and anticancer agent; the herbs are also used to tone the liver and kidneys, strengthen tendons and bones, expel pathogens associated with rheumatism, stabilise the fetus and cause lactogenesis [Hsu Hong-yen, 1972; Zee-Cheng, 1997].
