In vitro cytotoxicity of echitamine chloride and adriamycin on Ehrlich ascites carcinoma cell cultures

V. Saraswathi; S. Subramanian; Nalini Ramamoorthy; V. Mathuram; S. Govindasamy

In vitro cytotoxicity of echitamine chloride and adriamycin on Ehrlich ascites carcinoma cell cultures

V. Saraswathi, S. Subramanian, Nalini Ramamoorthy, V. Mathuram, S. Govindasamy

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Abstract

Echitamine chloride (EC), an indole alkaloid extracted from the bark of Alstonia scholaris, was tested for its anticancer activity against Ehrlich ascites carcinoma cell cultures. To compare the efficacy of this compound, adriamycin was given in combination with EC. Because labelled macromolecular fractions are generally defined as DNA, RNA and proteins, the rate of incorporation of ³H-thymidine (in DNA), ³H-uridine (in RNA) and ¹⁴C-glycine (in protein) were studied in mice Ehrlich ascites carcinoma cell cultures. The cell viability and uptake of all the three precursors were inhibited in the drug-treated cell cultures.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	167-170
Number of pages	4
Journal	Medical Science Research
Volume	25
Issue number	3
State	Published - 1997
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Adriamycin
C-glycine
Echitamine chloride
Ehrlich ascites carcinoma
H-thymidine
H-uridine

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Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)

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In vitro cytotoxicity of echitamine chloride and adriamycin on Ehrlich ascites carcinoma cell cultures

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