cytotoxic agent

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• Cytotoxic — Toxic to cells, cell toxic, cell killing. Any agent or process that kills cells. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are forms of cytotoxic therapy. They kill cells. The prefix cyto denotes a cell. It comes from the Greek kytos meaning hollow, as a… …   Medical dictionary

• phase-specific agent — a cytotoxic agent that has its maximum effect at a given phase of the cell growth cycle …   Medical dictionary

• alkylating agent — n a substance that causes replacement of hydrogen by an alkyl group esp. in a biologically important molecule specif one with mutagenic activity that inhibits cell division and growth and is used to treat some cancers * * * a highly reactive… …   Medical dictionary

• alkylating agent — A reagent that places an alkyl group, eg. propyl in place of a nucleophilic group in a molecule. Alkylating reagents include a number of cytotoxic drugs some of which react fairly specifically with N7 of the purine ring and lead to depurination… …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• al|kyl|at|ing agent — «AL kuh lay tihng», Biochemistry. any one of a class of cytotoxic chemicals that produce their poisonous effects by alkylation: »One of the four major groups of new anti cancer drugs [is the group of] alkylating agents which act as cell poisons… …   Useful english dictionary

• Cryptophycine — Die Cryptophycine sind eine Familie zum Teil stark cytotoxischer und antibiotisch wirksamer, makrocyclischer Depsipeptide. Cryptophycine bestehen aus vier Bausteinen, zwei Amino und zwei Hydroxysäuren. Einer der Hydroxysäure Bausteine… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Oleandrin — IUPAC name acetic acid [(3S,5R,10S,13R,14S,16S,17 R) 14 hydroxy 3 [[(2R,4S …   Wikipedia

• Bacteriocin — Bacteriocins are proteinaceous toxins produced by bacteria to inhibit the growth of similar or closely related bacterial strain(s). They are typically considered to be narrow spectrum antibiotics, though this has been debated.[1] They are… …   Wikipedia

• Cancer immunotherapy — is the use of the immune system to reject cancer. The main premise is stimulating the patient s immune system to attack the malignant tumor cells that are responsible for the disease. This can be either through immunization of the patient, in… …   Wikipedia

• Combretastatin — IUPAC name 5 [(2R) 2 hydroxy 2 (3,4,5 trimethoxyphenyl)ethyl] 2 methoxyphenol …   Wikipedia

• Krebsimmuntherapie — ist die Bezeichnung für verschiedene Methoden der Immuntherapie zur Behandlung von Krebserkrankungen. Die klassischen Behandlungsmethoden bei Krebs sind die operative Tumorentfernung (Resektion), die Chemotherapie und die Strahlentherapie. Häufig …   Deutsch Wikipedia