caco-


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caco-

(word root) bad
Examples of words with the root caco-: cacophony
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caco-

or cac-
pref.
Bad: cacography.
[Greek kako-, from kakos, bad; see kakka- in Indo-European roots.]
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caco-

combining form
bad, unpleasant, or incorrect: cacophony.
[from Greek kakos bad]
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caco-

a combining form meaning “bad”: cacography.
[< Greek]
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Sample I[C.sub.50] values Caco- 2 HepG- HeLa CEM/ CCRF R[R.sup.a] 2 ADR5000 - CEM Chelidonine 111,30 [+ or 34.50 28.75 50.86 [+ 0-14 363.29 -] 10.02 [+ or [+ or or -] [+ -] 3.7 -] 6.01 or -] 2.12 0.02 Alkaloid 166.06 [+ or 144.81 136.00 207.17 0.32 647.41 extract -] 15.71 [+ or [+ or [+ or [+ -] -] -]22.12 or -] 15.03 12.87 0.03 a Determined by dividing the mean I[C.sub.50] of the resistant subline by the mean IC50 of the sensitive CCRF-CEM cells assayed in the same series of experiments.
Modulation of multidrug resistance in cancer cells by chelidonine and Chelidonium majus alkaloids
[IC sub.50] of Caco-2 and CEM ADR5000 to doxorubicin with or without 10[micro]M reversal agents [IC sub 50] of Caco- [IC sub 50] of CEM 2([mu]g) ADR5000 ([mu]g) Doxorubicin 1.11[+ or -]0.21 51.57[+ or -]5.36 Doxorubicin + 10[micro}M 0.35[+ or -]0.03 19.70[+ or -]3.91 Iobeline Doxorubicin + 10[micro]M 0.36[+ or -]0.21 4.52[+ or -]0.44 cinchonine Doxorubicin + 10[micro]M 0.53[+ or -]0.12 8.64[+ or -]1.29 quinine Values are expressed as mean [+ or -]SD.
Lobeline, a piperidine alkaloid from Lobelia can reverse P-gp dependent multidrug resistance in tumor cells

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