Non-starch polysaccharides as correctors in cytostatic therapy of experimental tumors

Bull Exp Biol Med. 2006 Sep;142(3):351-5. doi: 10.1007/s10517-006-0364-0.
[Article in English, Russian]

Abstract

We studied the effects of low-esterified pectin, calcium pectate, and alginate on the development of transplanted Ehrlich adenocarcinoma and Lewis pulmonary carcinoma and on the efficiency of cyclophosphamide treatment in mice.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Outbred Strains
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Carcinoma, Ehrlich Tumor / drug therapy*
  • Carcinoma, Ehrlich Tumor / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Lewis Lung / drug therapy*
  • Carcinoma, Lewis Lung / pathology
  • Cyclophosphamide / therapeutic use
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Female
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Neoplasm Transplantation
  • Polysaccharides / chemistry*
  • Polysaccharides / therapeutic use*
  • Tumor Burden / drug effects

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Polysaccharides
  • Cyclophosphamide