An antiviral serum component is found in mice treated orally with tilorone hydrochloride. The active material fulfills sufficient biological criteria to be classified as an interferon.
Tilorone hydrochloride, 2,7-bis[2-(diethylamino)ethoxy]fluoren-9-one dihydrochloride, given orally to mice before they are infected is active against at least nine viruses of both RNA and DNA groups. The compound is effective when given prophylactically; the optimum time of treatment depends on the route of infection.
alpha-Difluoromethyl ornithine and mouse type 1 interferon, when administered simultaneously, were highly toxic to B16 melanoma cells in culture. Oral administration of alpha-difluoromethyl ornithine suppressed B16 melanoma development in mice 85 percent whereas interferon given subcutaneously inhibited tumor growth only 24 percent. Total or near total suppression of tumor growth was observed in mice receiving both treatments.
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