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R F Diatchkovskaya

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Nitroxyl radicals decrease toxicity of cytostatic agents.

Nitroxyl radicals of a series of piperidineoxyles and pirrolinoxyles increase the tolerance of experimental animals to the injection of otherwise lethal doses of anti-tumor cytostatic agents. Simultaneous injection of nitroxyl radicals in different doses with 6-mercaptopurine, thiophosphamide, cyclophosphamide and the other cytostatic agents results in decreased toxicity and survival of animals. Nitroxyl radicals normalize the level of the oxidized form of P450 cytochrome that is decreased by the injection of lethal doses of cytostatic agents.

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Subrenal capsule assay of human tumor chemosensitivity.

Breast and colon tumor response to emoxyl, a nitroxyl derivative of daunomycin, was detected using human tumor heterotransplantation under the renal capsule of immunocompetent mice. The substitution of adriamycin by emoxyl in the combined therapy led to enhanced therapeutic efficacy. The evidence of enhanced response of breast tumors to emoxyl obtained during the histologic examination of xenografts is in good agreement with measurements of tumor fragment weight. It is suggested to use a quantitative kinetic index kappa calculated by the method of equivalent exponents for objective evaluation of tumor response to the drugs.

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Pharmacokinetics of a spin-labeled rubomycin analog.

Pharmacokinetics of a spin-labeled analog of rubomycin (ruboxyl) was studied. Differences were found in ruboxyl pharmacokinetics in normal and tumor-bearing animals. Most of the drug was excreted within 6 h. The differences in pharmacokinetics of ruboxyl and nitroxyl radical were established.

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