Toxicology (Non-medical)

A xenobiotic is a chemical which is found in an organism but which is not normally produced or expected to be present in it. Specifically, drugs su...

Fungicides are chemical agents that inhibit or eliminate mycelial growth or fungal spores. The chemical, physical, and biological characteristics o...

The mycotoxin ochratoxin A (OTA) is a secondary metabolite of certain fungi that may be present in food and feed. Consumption of contaminated food ...

Environmental issues such as ozone layer depletion, overpopulation, biodiversity loss, global warming, natural resource depletion, and so on affect...

This work concentrates on cellular and molecular toxicity of selected well-known drugs or chemicals on the cardiovascular system. The primary objec...

Aerobiology is the study of airborne organic particulates in the environment, such as bacteria or fungal spores. These can be either naturally occu...

This book will be written by experts for professionals, scientists and all those involved in toxicological data generation and decision-making. It ...

Green toxicology is an integral part of green chemistry. One of the key goals of green chemistry is to design less toxic chemicals. Therefore, an u...

This volume provides an overview of the biochemical characterization, structure-function studies, proteomics, bioinformatics, molecular biology, tr...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has not conducted a recent evaluation of demand for Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) toxicity as...

In areas where toxic algal blooms occur, the main affected organisms are shellfish, which, because of their high levels of filtration (clearance ra...

This glossary expands upon the Comprehensive Glossary of Terms Used in Toxicology. Like its predecessor, it addresses the need for harmonized toxic...

People today worry about threats from radiation exposure. Such concerns have been backed up in the past when A-bombs were used in Hiroshima and Nag...

Advances in Dermatological Sciences collates major scientific research achievements over the last two years in a diverse range of dermatological re...

Biological toxins are an important part of our world, a reality with which we need to cope, so in parallel with understanding their mechanisms of a...

Initially, because of the inadequate sensitivity of devices and other limitations, only major venom components of the dominant species were studied...

This is the third volume of the five-volume book series Engineering Tools for Environmental Risk Management. The book series deals with the followi...