Cytotoxic means that a substance or process can damage cells or cause them to die. "Cyto" means cell and "toxic" means poison. You might hear the word when talking about chemotherapy drugs that kill ...

Mechlorethamine (chlormethine) is formed by a central methyl-bis(ethyl) amine decorated with chloro substituents. Melphalan is a derivative of the α-amino acid phenylalanine. The bendamustine molecule ...