Conjugate

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-002438",
  "term": "Conjugate",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "A molecule or compound built to carry one or several active species, such as a drug, dye or imaging agent, joined to a carrier like a polymer, protein or nanoparticle so that the carrier's specificity, solubility or transport is exploited. The link is normally covalent and often cleavable. Brentuximab vedotin, an antibody joined to a cytotoxic drug through a cleavable linker, is an antibody-drug conjugate.",
  "subject": "Polymer",
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2022, 94, 559. 'Terminology and the naming of conjugates based on polymers or other substrates (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 562 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2020-0502)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/conjugate/"
}