Experiment 1025047
Compounds isolated
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | IV |
| Organism | Empty organism |
| Citation | WANG,GS:. (1981). DISODIUM CANTHARIDATE, A NATURAL PRODUCT IN ANTICANCER CHEMOTHERAPY.. () |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | TESTED AS DISODIUM CANTHARIDATE. 140 CASES OF PRIMARY HEPATOMA WERE STUDIED WITH A RESPONSE RATE OF 56.4%. IN THE LATE AND MODERATELY ADVANCED CASES, ONE YEAR SURVIVAL RATE WAS 15.5%. 59 CASES OF LATE AND MODERATELY ADVANCED CARCINOMAS OF THE OESOPHAGUS AND GASTRIC CARDIA WERE TREATED FOR 2 WEEKS AND THEN SUBJECTED TO SURGICAL RESECTION. IN 42 OF THE CASES VARIOUS DEGREES OF DEGENERATIVE CHANGES WERE SEEN. NO HARMFUL SIDE EFFECTS WERE OBSERVED ON THE LIVER AND BLOOD-FORMING ORGANS.HOWEVER,URINARY TROUBLES OCCUR,SUCH AS FREQUENCY OF URINATION,DYSURIA AND HEMATURIA. THESE WERE USUALLY RELIEVED BY ADMINISTRATION OF SODIUM BICARBONATE (0.5-1.0 GM, T.I.D.). |
| Dose amount | 1-1.5 MG |
| Number | 7 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | PERSON |
| Dose expression | DOSE |