Superoxide anions and other components of human renal adenocarcinoma.

The levels of superoxide anion production, cytochrome P450, ornithine decarboxylase(E.C.4.1.1.17), catalase(E.C.1.11.1.6), deoxyribonucleic acid, ribonucleic acid and protein have been studied in human kidney and renal clear-cell adenocarcinoma tissues. The levels of superoxide anion production, ornithine decarboxylase, catalase and ribonucleic acid in the tumor tissue are very different from those in the kidney.