These two volumes are a resource and reference for specialists in the fields of pharmacology, mammalian cell genetics, and cell biology. The first volume, subtitled Antimetabolite and cytotoxic analogs, covers mainly the antimetabolites and analogs of nucleosides and aminoacids. Article topics include: methotrexate; hydroxyurea; aphidicolin; mycophenolic acid; halogenated pyrimidines; and ornithine, purinenucleoside, adenine, amino acid, carbohydrate, guanin, and hypoxathine analogs. Volume II, subtitled Anticancer and other drugs, is devoted to other inhibitors of cellular processes. Subjects include: alkylating agents, mitomcin C, multidrug resistance, etoposide, antimitotic drugs, colchicine and colcemid, diptheria toxin, cardiac glycosides, and heavy metals. An index for each volume covers that volume only. Acidic paper.
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v. 1. Antimetabolite and cytotoxic analogs — v. 2. Anticancer and other drugs.