Experiment 1074935
Compounds isolated
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | IV |
| Organism | Maytenus buchananii (CELASTRACEAE) |
| Citation | JAFFREY,IS: DENEFRIO,JM: CHAHINIAN,P:. (1980). RESPONSE TO MAYTANSINE IN A PATIENT WITH MALIGNANT THYMOMA.. 64() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | REPORT OF RESPONSE OF ONE 36-YEAR OLD BLACK MAN DIAGNOSED AS HAVING INOPERABLE MALIGNANT THYMOMA THAT HAD METASTASIZED TO THE LIVER AFTER COBALT TREATMENT AND OTHER CHEMOTHERAPY. DRAMATIC DIMINUTION IN THE SIZE OF THE CENTRAL METASTATIC NODULE WITHIN THE LIVER AFTER FOUR WEEKS OF THERAPY(TOTAL OF 6.0 MGM OF MAYTANSINE. LIVER SCAN ONE MONTH LATER REVEALED A 50% DECREASE IN VOLUME OF THE CENTRAL METASTASIS WITHIN THE RIGHT LOBE OF THE LIVER. |
| Dose amount | 0.75 MG |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | SQ M BODY SURFACE |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Gender | MALE |