Usage examples (6)

• The result was azathioprine (1957) which replaced mercaptopurine as an inhibitor of the immune response.
• However, studies with a 6-mercaptopurine-resistant strain of L. casei revealed the 6-MP was unable to utilize hypoxanthine for growth (29).
• Six weeks later, he gave the boy four courses of high-dose methotrexate, daily mercaptopurine, and four triple-drug treatments into the spinal fluid.
• The liposomal ld50 of mercaptopurine was compared to fold 480 mg/kg in the and 425 mg/kg in the rat.