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Can someone tell me how cytotoxins are different from hemotoxins?
Cytoxins are cell and tissue destroying chemicals while hemotoxins destroy Red blood cells. Both toxins are destroying cells. So what makes them distinct from each other?
1 Answer
- Anonymous5 months ago
It's one of those: not all cytotoxins are haemotoxins but haemotoxins are, by their very nature, cytotoxic.
Haemotoxins target blood cells and disrupt clotting but can and will usually still damage other local tissues.
Cytotoxicity refers to the property of a substance as being harmful to cells and tissues. Therefore a haemotoxin is technically a specialised cytotoxin.