As shown in Supplementary , doxorubicin significantly increased the rate of mitochondrial oxygen consumption; furthermore, the rate of drug-stimulated oxygen consumption was not affected by KCN or dicumarol, suggesting that (1) mitochondrial SOD in Ehrlich tumor cells is not inhibited by cyanide and that (2) NADPH:quinone oxidoreductase 1 does not appear to be involved in the free radical metabolism of doxorubicin in tumor mitochondria. This evidence concerns the gene NQO1 and neoplasm.