| Literature DB >> 6478445 |
N Shimada, T Ueda, T Yokoshima, J Oh-Ishi, T Oh-oka.
Abstract
In order to determine the blood level of 1-beta-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine (Ara-C), an antileukemic agent, a sensitive and specific radioimmunoassay (RIA) system using anti-Ara-C serum, [5-3H] Ara-C and a dextran-coated charcoal method has been developed. The anti-Ara-C serum obtained from a guinea pig was hardly cross-reactive with 1-beta-D-arabinofuranosyluracil (Ara-U), tetrahydrouridine (THU) and other Ara-C analogues. The RIA system for Ara-C could detect concentrations as low as 60 pg/ml in plasma. Average of the intra- and inter-assay variancies at 5, 10, 20 ng/ml were 4.3% and 5.6%, respectively. Ara-C in blood samples obtained from human patients who orally received N4-palmitoyl-1-beta-D-arabinofuranosyl-cytosine (PL-AC) was determined by the present RIA system.Entities:
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Year: 1984 PMID: 6478445 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3835(84)90133-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Lett ISSN: 0304-3835 Impact factor: 8.679