EFFECT OF URACIL ON METABOLISM OF 5-FLUOROURACIL INVITRO

  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 70 (3), 353-359
Abstract
Examination was made on the in vitro change in the metabolism of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) on uracil addition. 5-FU was mainly phosphorylated in intact [rat] Yoshida sarcoma cells; it was mainly degraded in liver slice. Uracil inhibited degradation of 5-FU much more than its phosphorylation.