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First investigations on the therapeutic activity of a new group of steroid-linked N-(2-chloroethyl)-N-nitrosocarbamoyl-l-alanine esters (CNC-l-alanine esters) in a nitrosourea-sensitive rat leukemia (L 5222) characterized by a relatively high content of glucocorticoid binding sites are presented. Despite a considerable range of optimal and toxic doses of the different analogs, the respective therapeutic ratios do not appear to be significantly influenced by the nature of the carrier molecules to which CNC-l-alanine is attached. However several steroid-linked representatives are distinctly more active than CNC-l-alanine. The androsterone-3-ester and the dihydrotestosterone-17-ester, in particular effected high percentages of cures in contrast to CNC-l-alanine.
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Dedicated to Professor Hermann Druckrey on the occasion of his 80th birthday
This work was supported in part by the German Ministry for Research and Technology (BMFT), project number PTB 038458
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Zeller, W.J., Schreiber, J., Ho, A.D. et al. Cytostatic activity of steroid linked nitrosoureas. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 108, 164–168 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00390991
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00390991