TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE OF THE ACTIVITY OF THE ANTITUMOR FACTOR IN THE COMMON CLAM.
The tumor inhibiting action of extracts of the common clam, Mercenaria mercenarius, is very low in the winter and can be restored to the high summer values by heat.
D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D049872:Bivalvia; D008974:Mollusca; D009369:Neoplasms; D012106:Research; D012621:Seasons; D012758:Shellfish; D013696:Temperature; D014020:Tissue Extracts
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D014020:Tissue Extracts
ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY; MOLLUSCA; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE EXTRACTS