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Superior cytostatic activity of the ganciclovir elaidic acid ester due to the prolonged intracellular retention of ganciclovir anabolites in herpes simplex virus type 1 thymidine kinase gene-transfected tumor cells
Ganciclovir (GCV) and its lipophilic elaidic acid ester prodrug E-GCV were evaluated for their antiherpetic, cytostatic and metabolic properties. E-GCV proved exquisitely inhibitory to the replication of herpe...