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Published on: October 21, 2011
Combination effect of bis(3-methylsulfonyloxypropyl)amide and 6-mercaptopurine on AH-60C and AH-109A
Gan
|February 1, 1975
Abstract:
Survival period of rats bearing ascites hepatoma, AH-60C, which was less sensitive to bis (3-methylsulfonyloxypropyl)amine (864-T) and 6-mercaptopurine each alone, was prolonged by the combined treatment with these two agents. Two or 3 rats in groups of 12 animals each survived over 60 days by this combined therapy beginning from day 0. In AH-109A, which was insensitive to 6-mercaptopurine, the group treated with this combination did not survive longer than that with 864-T alone.
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