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Assessment of the opiate properties of two constituents of a toxic illicit drug mixture.

The intravenous use of an illicit synthetic drug preparation has caused permanent parkinsonism in a number of addicts. Chemical analysis has revealed the ingredients to be two related compounds 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) and 1-methyl-4-phenyl-4-propionoxypiperidine (MPPP). The opiate properties of these two compounds have been assessed using in vitro receptor binding techniques as well as behavioral tests indicative of opiate action, including analgesia, catatonia, respiratory depression and the loss of righting and corneal reflexes. All opiate activity was found to reside with MPPP, which proved to be a potent mu-type agonist. It is concluded that the opiate properties of MPPP alone explain repeated abuse of MPTP/MPPP mixtures by heroin addicts.

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Synergistic potentiating effect of D(+)-mannose, orotic, and hippuric acid sodium salt on selective toxicity of a mixture of 13 substances of the circulatory system in culture for various tumor cell lines.

Despite global immune system abnormalities in the autoimmune deficiency syndrome, the incidence of only a few tumor types increases, and the degree of immunosuppression does not seem to be critical in the development of these tumors, indicating that the immune system does not prevent tumor development. Consequently, because tumors do not develop in most individuals, other defense systems may exist. We demonstrated previously that 13 substances in the circulatory system acting synergistically induced apoptosis in vitro and in vivo in different tumor cell lines, but not in normal cells and animals. We investigated another 17 compounds and five ions in the circulatory system to determine their participation in the defense provided by the 13 substances. Three of the 17 substances but no ions had a potentiating effect on the mixture of substances used previously. The new 16-component mixture suppressed in vitro growth of six human and murine tumor cell lines, including multidrug-resistant tumor cells, without cytotoxic effects in two normal cell lines. The selectivity also was demonstrated by investigating the mixture's effect over time on tumor and normal cell growth.

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Acute toxicity of binary mixture benzene-ethanol and partition coefficient K(ow) of benzene and ethanol.

The study related to partition coefficients between n-octanol and water of compounds in binary mixture benzene-ethanol was carried out. Partition coefficients of benzene and ethanol for different values of molar ratio of benzene in the mixture were determined. Collected results show statistically significant deviations the K(ow) of benzene for some molar ratios (0.2 to 0.6) from values for pure compound. For ethanol, there are no statistically significant deviations from values for pure compound, however there are some trends of changes of K(ow).

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