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Tissue-Specific Toxicity
Biochemical Mechanisms
1st Edition - March 6, 1992
Editors: Wolfgang Dekant, H. G. Neumann
Language: English
Hardback ISBN:9780122088605
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This volume provides an up-to-date review of the molecular mechanisms of toxicity. Individual chapters deal with specific aspects of toxicity problems associated with selected…Read more
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This volume provides an up-to-date review of the molecular mechanisms of toxicity. Individual chapters deal with specific aspects of toxicity problems associated with selected organs.
Contains a review of contemporary knowledge of the molecular mechanisms of toxicity as applied to various organs
Contrasts with other volumes in dealing with the mechanistic approach to the subject
Discusses selected organs in separate chapters
Research toxicologists, pharmacologists, oncologists, and physiologists.
D.J. McConkey, T.Y. Aw, and S. Orrenius, Role of the Ca2+-Mediated Endonuclease Activation in Chemical Toxicity. W.N. Aldridge, Selective Neurotoxicity: Problems in Establishing the Relevance of in Vitro data to the in Vivo Situation. J.E. Casida and R.F. Toia, Organophosphorous Pesticides: Their Target Diversities and Bioactivation. U. Andrae and H. Greim, Initiation and Promotion in Thyroid Carcinogenesis. W. Bursch, L. Fesus, and R. Schulte-Hermann, Apoptosis ('Programmed' Cell Death) and its Relevance in Liver Injury and Carcinogenesis. P. Steinberg and F. Oesch, Liver Cell Specific Toxicity of Xenobiotics. H.-G. Neumann, S. Ambs, and W. Hillesheim, The Biochemical Basis of Hepatotoxicity. W. DeKant, S. Vamvakas, and M.W. Anders, The Kidney as a Target Organ for Xenobiotics Bioactivated by Glutathione Conjugation. G.S. Yost, Bioactivation and Selectivity of Pneumotoxic Chemicals. M.E. Scheulen and H. Kappus, Anthracycines as Model Compounds for Cardiac Toxicity. Index.
No. of pages: 263
Language: English
Edition: 1
Published: March 6, 1992
Imprint: Academic Press
Hardback ISBN: 9780122088605
WD
Wolfgang Dekant
Affiliations and expertise
Universitat Wurzburg
HN
H. G. Neumann
Affiliations and expertise
Institute of Toxicology and Pharmacology, University of Wadurzburg