Publication Date:
1987-05-15
Description:
Neoplasms produce substances that induce blood vessel formation (angiogenesis). Fractions from ethanol extracts of the Walker 256 carcinoma were isolated by silica column chromatography and C18 reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. Two of the isolated fractions induced neovascularization when tested in the rabbit corneal micropocket assay. One of the fractions was identified as nicotinamide by desorption-electron impact mass spectrometry, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The second active fraction contained nicotinamide as part of a more complex, as yet unidentified, molecular arrangement. Microgram quantities of commercial nicotinamide induced neovascularization in the corneal micropocket assay and in the chick chorioallantoic membrane assay.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kull, F C Jr -- Brent, D A -- Parikh, I -- Cuatrecasas, P -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1987 May 15;236(4803):843-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2437656" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Angiogenesis Inducing Agents/*isolation & purification/pharmacology
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Animals
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Carcinoma 256, Walker/*physiopathology
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Cells, Cultured
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Chick Embryo
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Cornea/blood supply
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Endothelium/cytology/drug effects
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Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
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Growth Substances/*isolation & purification
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Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
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Mass Spectrometry
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Mice
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Neovascularization, Pathologic
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Niacinamide/isolation & purification/pharmacology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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