EVALUATION OF THE ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITIES OF THE RIMINOPHENAZINE AGENTS CLOFAZIMINE AND B669 IN TUMOR-BEARING RATS AND MICE

  • Authors:
    • CEJ VANRENSBURG
    • C DURANDT
    • PJ GARLINSKI
    • JF OSULLIVAN
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  • Published online on: November 1, 1993     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.3.5.1011
  • Pages: 1011-1013
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Abstract

The riminophenazine agents clofazimine and its analogue B669 displayed anti-tumor activity at 30 mg/kg/day in benzo[a]pyrene (BP) induced sarcomas of mice as well as dimethylbenz-anthracene (DMBA)-induced rat mammary tumors. No hematological toxicity of these drugs at doses up to 60 mg/kg/day for one month was observed. This is the first study to document in vivo anti-neoplastic activities of clofazimine and B669.

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VANRENSBURG C, DURANDT C, GARLINSKI P and OSULLIVAN J: EVALUATION OF THE ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITIES OF THE RIMINOPHENAZINE AGENTS CLOFAZIMINE AND B669 IN TUMOR-BEARING RATS AND MICE. Int J Oncol 3: 1011-1013, 1993
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VANRENSBURG, C., DURANDT, C., GARLINSKI, P., & OSULLIVAN, J. (1993). EVALUATION OF THE ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITIES OF THE RIMINOPHENAZINE AGENTS CLOFAZIMINE AND B669 IN TUMOR-BEARING RATS AND MICE. International Journal of Oncology, 3, 1011-1013. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.3.5.1011
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VANRENSBURG, C., DURANDT, C., GARLINSKI, P., OSULLIVAN, J."EVALUATION OF THE ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITIES OF THE RIMINOPHENAZINE AGENTS CLOFAZIMINE AND B669 IN TUMOR-BEARING RATS AND MICE". International Journal of Oncology 3.5 (1993): 1011-1013.
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VANRENSBURG, C., DURANDT, C., GARLINSKI, P., OSULLIVAN, J."EVALUATION OF THE ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITIES OF THE RIMINOPHENAZINE AGENTS CLOFAZIMINE AND B669 IN TUMOR-BEARING RATS AND MICE". International Journal of Oncology 3, no. 5 (1993): 1011-1013. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.3.5.1011