Why are some hypertonic solutions able to cause lysis?

Answer 1

In biology, a hypertonic cell environment has a higher concentration of solutes than inside the animal or plant cell. Osmosis causes water to flow out of the cell. If enough water is removed in this way, the cytoplasm will have such a small concentration of water that the cell has difficulty functioning.

A cell that is in a hypertonic environment has a higher concentration of solute in the environment than in the inside of the cell, making the net flow of water out of the cell. A cell in a hypotonic environment has a lower concentration of solute in the environment than in the inside of the cell, making the net flow of water into the cell, eventually causing cell lysis.

Souce : WIKI

Answer 2

Sweet,

Some hypertonic solutions cause the lysis ( death by internal bursting) of one or many cells by causing the cells to swell from abnormal osmosis and putting too much pressure upon the internal walls of the cell that then bursts, and thus dies.

Quite simple actually.

Answer 3

Saline