Li. Nefyodov et al., AMINO-ACIDS AND THEIR DERIVATIVES IN BLOOD-PLASMA OF PATIENTS WITH BREAST-CANCER TREATED WITH UKRAIN .5., Drugs under experimental and clinical research, 22(3-5), 1996, pp. 155-157
The present study was undertaken to evaluate the influence of Ukrain o
n the free amino acids pool in blood plasma in ten patients with breas
t cancer; treated in the preoperative phase with the drug. The control
group consisted of five patients of similar age and advancement of th
e disease, who did not receive Ukrain before mastectomy. The data obta
ined from these studies indicate that Ukrain positively influences the
metabolism of amino acids and their derivatives. The most characteris
tic changes were increase of proline, taurine and glutamic acid.