| abstract |
Administrable factors or compositions to be directed to specific sites in the body of human and animal patients which comprise a medically and/or diagnostically effective moiety (I) and, coupled thereto by means of a linker (L), a substance (II) having specific affinity for specific sites in the organism. n Linker "L" has a structure schematized by the formula: n n Y(W-Z-R).sub.m, m being 1, 2, or 4 n n wherein the portion YW is an amphiphile, i.e. a segment comprised of a hydrophobic-lipophilic sequence "Y" and a hydrophilic-lipophobic sequence "W" connected covalently together, Z is a chemical bond or an intermediate connector sequence and R is a reactive function for effecting coupling with selected substances (II). |