Abstract : Chemotherapy is the employment of chemical agents (synthetic or natural) to kill infective agents (bacteria, fungi, and viruses, protozoa, and helminths) and stop malignant or cancerous cells from growing. Chemotherapeutic agents are chemicals that are designed to be poisonous to parasitic cells but not to the host. This selective toxicity is based on the existence of a biochemical difference that can be exploited between the parasite and the host cell.
Antimicrobials are manufactured or natural chemical compounds that are used to treat bacterial, fungal, and viral infections. Antibiotics are chemicals produced by bacteria, fungus, and actinomycetes that inhibit the growth of other bacteria, fungi, and actinomycetes. Antimicrobial medication toxicity is selective. In other words, the medicine is toxic to the parasite but not to the host.
Keywords : TOXICOLOGY, Poison, toxic substance.
Cite : Tewatia, S., & Jindal, H. (2022). Chemotherapeutic Drugs (1st ed., p. 146). Noble Science Press. https://doi.org/10.52458/9789391842529.nsp2022.eb.asu.ch12
