title: Antineoplastic activity of azacarbazoles. II. Effect of alpha-carboline and its derivatives on transplantable animal neoplasms.
abstract: The antineoplastic properties of alpha-carboline, alpha-carboline hydrochloride, alpha-carboline N-1 methyl iodide and c-6 substituted fluoro-, chloro, nitro- and phenyl-alpha-carboline were studied. None of the compounds proved to be active when tested against i.p. transplanted B16 melanoma or i.m. implanted Lewis lung carcinoma. In addition, alpha-carboline was assessed against i.p. inoculated plasmacytoma MP26 and colon carcinoma 26, and solid tumors of mammary carcinoma 16/C and Walker carcinosarcoma 256. Under conditions tested these neoplasms did not respond to alpha-carboline.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fiszer-Maliszewska
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mordarski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D002243:Carbolines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D008546:Melanoma, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014185:Transplantation, Isogeneic
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D002243:Carbolines; C055571:alpha-carboline