TOXICOLOGY - Summarize List of issues Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods
TOXICOLOGY Toxicity = Inherent capacity of chemical to cause injur...dose & duration dependent Acute toxicity: conversion of Xenobiotics into Nucleophilic specie Chronic toxicity: conversion of Xenobiotics into Electrophilic specie Warfarin is Rodenticide...Malathion Θ AcetylCholinEsterase, Ach toxicity Asbestos is Carcinogenic CCL4: from consumption of Contaminated water...cause Irritation of Eyes & Respiratory Chloroform: Hepaatotoxic, Nephrotoxic Benzene: Hematopoietic toxicity...Agranulocytosis, Leukopenia Toluene: CNS impair Speech, hearing, vision Methanol (Wood Alchol) & Ethylene Glycol: Methanol oxidizes into Formic acid... Ethylene Glycol oxidized into Glycolic, Oxalic, and Glyxolic acid Isopropnol: metabolize into Acetone, then COOH, cause Acedemia Organophosphate & Carbmate= Inseecticides....ΘAcetylCholinesterase Pyrethroids: Insecticide...↑Na+...Convulsion, itching...S.E; Contact Dermatitis, Asthma Rotenone: Insectiside... ΘNAD+ by ↓O2 Lead: C...