Increased Cell Killing by Metronidazole and Nitrofurazone of Hypoxic Compared to Aerobic Mammalian Cells

Cancer Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1976, Pages 930-936

  Mohindra, Jagjit K ^b   Rauth, Andrew M ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; NITROFURAL;

CELL CULTURE; CELL KILLING; CHINESE HAMSTER; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TOXICITY; HYPOXIA; IN VITRO STUDY; INTOXICATION; OVARY; OVARY CELL; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AIR; ANOXIA; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HELA CELLS; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROFURAZONE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0017256549     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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