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Abstract
1. It was found that steroid-mediated nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide (phosphate) transhydrogenases can be inhibited in vitro by folic acid and its antimetabolites. The most potent inhibitor was methotrexate, a drug with a high therapeutic index against experimental cancer. 2. The inhibitions produced by a combination of folic acid and the analogues were additive, as were those between the folic acid compounds and antagonistic steroid hormones.Entities:
Keywords: AMINOPTERIN; ANDROSTERONE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTRADIOL; EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY; FOLIC ACID; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METHOTREXATE; NAD; NADP; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHARMACOLOGY; PROGESTERONE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TESTOSTERONE
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Year: 1965 PMID: 14340071 PMCID: PMC1206616 DOI: 10.1042/bj0940773
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem J ISSN: 0264-6021 Impact factor: 3.857