Enhanced anticancer effect of vincristine with methionine infusion after methionine-depleting total parenteral nutrition in tumor-bearing rats

Japanese Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 194-199

  Goseki, Narihide ^a   Nagahama, Takeshi ^a   Maruyama, Michio ^a   Endo, Mitsuo ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Methionine; Methionine depleting TPN; Vincristine; Yoshida sarcoma bearing rat

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; METHIONINE; VINCRISTINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SARCOMA; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

EID: 0029983757     PISSN: 09105050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1996.tb03158.x     Document Type: Article

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