Protective effect of ranopterin neopterin on experimentally induced graffi tumours in hamsters

Pteridines

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 196-200

  Zvetkova, E ^a   Toshkova, R ^b   Ralchevsky, V ^a   Dikov, A ^a   Katzarova, E ^a   Chowdhury, I ^a   Yanchev, I ^b  

^a Institute of Experimental Morphology and Anthropology Bulgarian Academy of Sciences   (Bulgaria)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; NEOPTERIN; RANOPTERIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CALCULATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOTOXICITY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HAMSTER; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH; VIRUS TRANSFORMATION;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE;

EID: 0032436479     PISSN: 09334807     EISSN: 21954720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/pteridines.1998.9.4.196     Document Type: Article

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