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Antitumor Activity of Mimosine and Mimosine HYdrochloride against B16 Melanoma in BDF Mice

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Chemotherapy

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Mimosine, β-N-(3-hydroxy-4-pyridone) α-aminopropionic acid, and its hydrochloride produced significant inhibition of subcutaneously transplanted murine B16 melanoma in BDF1 female mice. In such mice during mimosine treatment differences developed in the reactivity of both surface membrane and cytoplasmic antigens as compared to untreated cells.

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  1. LAC/USC Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, USA

    T. A. Khwaja, T. C. Hall (American Cancer Society Research Professor PRP 47) & K. M. A. Sheikh

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  1. Westminster Hospital and Imperial Cancer Research Fund, UK

    K. Hellmann

  2. Chester Beatty Research Institute, UK

    T. A. Connors

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Khwaja, T.A., Hall, T.C., Sheikh, K.M.A. (1976). Antitumor Activity of Mimosine and Mimosine HYdrochloride against B16 Melanoma in BDF Mice. In: Hellmann, K., Connors, T.A. (eds) Chemotherapy. Chemotherapy, vol 8. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4352-3_14

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