Various new nitrosoureido derivatives of di-or trideoxy sugars were synthesized. The influence of the hydroxyl substitution pattern, the configuration at the anomeric center, and the absolute configuration of the sugar moiety on the antitumor activity of a series of nitrosoureido derivatives of di-and trideoxy sugars was studied. All compounds showed a very significant activity in vivo against L1210 leukemia, B16 melanocarcinoma, and Lewis ...