Improvement of intestinal toxicity of 5-fluorouracil by conagenin a low molecular immunomodulator

Anticancer Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5 A, 1996, Pages 2937-2941

  Kawatsu, Masaji ^a   Yamashita, Takashi ^a   Ishizuka, Masaaki ^a   Takeuchi, Tomio ^a  

^a Numazu Bio Medical Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 fluorouracil; Conagenin; Immunomodulator; Intestinal toxicity

Indexed keywords

CONAGENIN; FLUOROURACIL; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CECUM DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DUODENUM BLEEDING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; DIARRHEA; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; INTESTINES; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; SERINE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0029909171     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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