Evaluation of dimethoxydop-NU as a novel anti-tumor agent

Journal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 489-497

  Mukherjee, A ^a   Dutta, S ^a   Sanyal, U ^a,b  

^a CHITTARANJAN NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Department of Anticancer Drug Development ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Anti tumor agent; Cytotoxicity assay; Human tumor cell lines; Murine tumors; New nitrosourea

Indexed keywords

1 [2 [3 (2 CHLOROETHYL) 3 NITROSOUREIDO]ETHYL] 3,4 DIMETHOXYBENZENE; AMINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARMUSTINE; DIMETHOXYDOP NU; DNA; DOPAMINE; HOMOVERATRYLAMINE; HYDROXYUREA; LOMUSTINE; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASCITES TUMOR; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BONE MARROW; CANCER SCREENING; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CELL STRAIN U937; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA SYNTHESIS; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR; FEMUR; HEART; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HISTIOCYTIC LYMPHOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; RNA SYNTHESIS; SARCOMA 180; SPLEEN CELL; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR CELL LINE; TUMOR REGRESSION;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; HUMANS; MICE; NITROSOUREA COMPOUNDS; THYMIDINE; URIDINE;

EID: 38549136004     PISSN: 03929078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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