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Use of chemical agents to treat disease |
Chemotherapy |
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Chemical agent for treatment |
Chemotherapeutic agents |
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Chemical agents used to treat disease by microbes |
Antimicrobial agent |
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Destroy or inhibit microbe without affecting host cell |
Selective toxicity |
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Effective wide variety of organism |
Broad spectrum |
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Does not induce development of resistant strain |
Non-mutagenic |
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Distribute throughout the body |
Soluble in body fluids |
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Does not easily broken down or excreted to maintain constant and effective levels |
Stable in body fluids |
