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Science 24 April 1964:
Vol. 144. no. 3617, pp. 413 - 414
DOI: 10.1126/science.144.3617.413
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Growth-Inhibiting Agents from Mercenaria Extracts: Chemical and Biological Properties

M. Rosarii Schmeer 1

1 Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543

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.


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