lysosomotropic drug

lysosomotropic drug

[‚lī·sə‚sō·mə′träp·ik ′drəg]

(pharmacology)

A drug which can enter selectively the lysosomes of certain cell types; may be useful in chemotherapy for destruction of tumor cells.

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