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CYTOTOXIC DRUG [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Biochemistry
DEF

A drug or enzyme that is administered to plants, animals or humans for the specific purpose of altering the metabolic process or possessing a specific destructive action on cells.

OBS

This group of compounds was developed for use in cancer chemotherapy.

OBS

It may be genotoxic, oncogenic, mutagenic, and teratogenic and includes most anti-cancer drugs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Biochimie
DEF

Substance, habituellement un médicament, qui détruit les cellules cancéreuses.

Spanish

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