title: GROWTH-INHIBITING AGENTS FROM MERCENARIA EXTRACTS: CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES.
abstract: Preliminary studies of the chemical nature of an antitumor agent from the common quahog, Mercenaria mercenaria, are reported. The agent has a regressive and an inhibiting effect on sarcoma 180 and on Krebs 2 carcinomd in Swiss albino mice.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D001681:Biological Assay; D002277:Carcinoma; D002287:Carcinoma, Krebs 2; D002845:Chromatography; D049891:Mercenaria; D051379:Mice; D008974:Mollusca; D009369:Neoplasms; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental; D012106:Research; D012510:Sarcoma 180
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents
keywords: ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CARCINOMA, KREBS 2; CHROMATOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY; MICE; MOLLUSCA; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; SARCOMA 180, CROCKER