Tissue-Specific Toxicity
Biochemical Mechanisms
- 1st Edition - March 6, 1992
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Wolfgang Dekant, H. G. Neumann
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 2 0 8 8 6 0 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 1 7 6 2 - 7
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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Request a sales quoteThis 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.
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 6, 1992
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780122088605
- eBook ISBN: 9780080917627
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Wolfgang Dekant
Affiliations and expertise
Universitat WurzburgHN
H. G. Neumann
Affiliations and expertise
Institute of Toxicology and Pharmacology, University of Wadurzburg