The in vivo effects of cyanide and its antidotes on rat brain cytochrome oxidase activity.

abstract：:Disorders in the barrier function and secretory activity of the placenta can be caused by xenobiotics (XB) present in the environment and their accumulation in tissues of living organisms. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2,-bis-4-chlorophenyl-ethane (DDT) and its metaboli...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Wojciechowska A,Mlynarczuk J,Kotwica J

更新日期：2017-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility that Cd administration could activate the pituitary-adrenal axis has been studied. It was found that acute administration of Cd strongly increased serum corticosterone levels. Adrenocortical activation correlated well with serum Cd levels, suggesting that adrenal activation was dependent on the presenc...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Hidalgo J,Armario A

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural antioxidants like catechin are now known to have a modulatory role on physiological functions and biotransformation reactions involved in the detoxification process, thereby affording protection from toxic metabolic actions of xenobiotics. Reactive oxygen intermediates have been demonstrated to play an etiolog...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Parvez S,Tabassum H,Rehman H,Banerjee BD,Athar M,Raisuddin S

更新日期：2006-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperhomocysteinemia has been proposed as an important risk factor for cardiac arrhythmias and ischemia worldwide. However, the cellular mechanism underlying toxic effects of homocysteine on hearts remains conjectural. It is well known that aberrant sodium channels can promote the development of cardiac arrhythmias an...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Cai B,Shan L,Gong D,Pan Z,Ai J,Xu C,Lu Y,Yang B

更新日期：2009-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Salicylate has been found to be an inhibitor of fatty acid synthesis in isolated rat hepatocytes. Half-maximal inhibition of fatty acid synthesis occurs at approximately 2 mM. The inhibitory effect of salicylate on fatty acid synthesis is not relieve by the addition of acetate, suggesting that salicylate inhibits the ...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Beynen AC,Buechler KF,van der Molen AJ,Geelen MJ

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although NO2-induced cytotoxic responses have been well characterized, the specific mechanisms responsible for initiating toxicity remain equivocal. The inhomogeneous distribution of epithelial injury suggests that differential interactions between NO2 and the lung surfaces may contribute to the extent of regional res...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Postlethwait EM,Bidani A

更新日期：1994-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapy of organophosphorus compound (OP) poisoning is still a challenge to clinical toxicologists. To alleviate peripheral respiratory failure oximes, e.g. obidoxime and pralidoxime, are used to reactivate inhibited acetylcholinesterase (AChE) with the intention to restore the disturbed neuromuscular function. In...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Thiermann H,Eyer P,Worek F

更新日期：2010-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Food allergy is a significant health issue in the UK, affecting between 1 and 2% of adults and 5 and 8% of children. The UK Food Standards Agency seeks to ensure the safety of food allergic consumers by providing them with information and guidance on food choices. Since 1995, with the aim of addressing important polic...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Buck J,Hattersley S,Kimber I

更新日期：2010-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing experimental and clinical evidence suggest a contribution of non-drug related risk factors (e.g., underlying disease, bacterial/viral infection) to idiosyncratic drug reactions (IDR). Our previous work showed that co-treatment with bacterial endotoxin (LPS) and therapeutic doses of diclofenac (Dcl), an anal...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Ramm S,Morissey B,Hernandez B,Rooney C,Pennington SR,Mally A

更新日期：2015-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Aluminum (Al) is recognized worldwide as serious inorganic contaminants. Exposure to Al is associated with low BMD and an increased risk of osteoporosis. However, the precise molecular mechanisms remains unclear. Thus, in this study, rats were orally exposed to 0 (control group, CG) and 0.4g/L AlCl3 (AlCl3 treated gro...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Sun X,Liu J,Zhuang C,Yang X,Han Y,Shao B,Song M,Li Y,Zhu Y

更新日期：2016-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbon monoxide (CO) is a dangerous exogenous poison and an essential endogenous neurotransmitter. This gas when inhaled has an anaesthetic effect, which is poorly understood, but which may be fatal if compensatory mechanisms are exhausted, if cardiac oxygen (O(2)) needs exceed myocardial oxygenation and/or if apnoea ...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Gorman D,Drewry A,Huang YL,Sames C

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria are cellular powerhouses as well as metabolic and signaling hubs regulating diverse cellular functions, from basic physiology to phenotypic fate determination. It is widely accepted that reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated in mitochondria participate in the regulation of cellular signaling, and that s...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Blajszczak C,Bonini MG

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antidotal property of oximes is attributed to their ability to reactivate acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibited by organophosphorus compounds (OP) such as pesticides and nerve warfare agents. Understanding their interactions within the active site of phosphylated AChE is of great significance for the search for mo...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Katalinić M,Šinko G,Maček Hrvat N,Zorbaz T,Bosak A,Kovarik Z

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prime factors influencing survivability from 10 major fire-related public transport aircraft accidents were assessed. Regulatory requirements were assessed against derived criteria and alternate concepts evaluated to identify a preferred strategy for enhanced survival; the provision of passenger protective breathi...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Trimble EJ

更新日期：1996-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Many scientists and doctors are not aware that the level of certainty for litigation purposes differs from that usually associated with scientific studies. Although the 0.05 probability level is commonly used in scientific studies ("beyond a reasonable doubt"), in U.S. civil litigation the diagnostic criteria is "more...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Singer R

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin and dexamethasone are potent inhibitors of apoptosis induced by transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta) in hepatoma cells. Using FTO-2B rat hepatoma cells, we determined whether the anti-apoptotic effects of these agents result from interference within or upstream of the TGF-beta-induced caspase cascade. A...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Wanke I,Schwarz M,Buchmann A

更新日期：2004-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracts from the leaves of Ginkgo biloba L. belong to the most widely used phytopharmaceuticals. In crude Ginkgo extracts, ginkgolic acids (GA) and related alkylphenols (e.g. cardanols and cardols) have been recognized as hazardous compounds with suspected cytotoxic, allergenic, mutagenic and carcinogenic properties....

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Hecker H,Johannisson R,Koch E,Siegers CP

更新日期：2002-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Spores of actinomycetes, mesophilic gram-positive bacteria, isolated from moldy houses, induced the expression of inducible NO-synthase (iNOS) with a subsequent NO-production in RAW264.7 macrophages. No differences were detected between production of nitric oxide (NO) by alive or irradiated spores of different strains...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Hirvonen MR,Ruotsalainen M,Savolainen K,Nevalainen A

更新日期：1997-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Dimethoate, azinphos-methyl, diazinon and pirimiphos-methyl, widely used organophosphorous insecticides, and benomyl, a benzimidazole fungicide, induce different cytotoxic effects on the human leukemia cell line HL-60. Among the insecticides tested, only azinphos and diazinon induced a dose-related inhibition of prote...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Marinovich M,Guizzetti M,Galli CL

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The urinary metabolites from repeated oral doses of 3.7 mg o-phenyl phenol (OPP) to mature and immature dogs and cats were studied. At both age levels, dogs excreted significantly more OPP as sulfate and glucuronide than did cats. Puppies produced 4 times the level of glucuronides than mature dogs. No such age differe...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Savides MC,Oehme FW

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism underlying the induction of micronuclei induced by rifampicin and nicotine in mouse bone marrow was investigated by fluorescence in situ hybridization assay using mouse minor satellite DNA probe. Colchicine and mitomycin, known to be predominantly clastogenic and aneugenic, respectively were used as posi...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Attia SM

更新日期：2007-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Certain derivatives of p-phenylenediamine have been shown to cause necrosis of cardiac and skeletal muscle in rats; in vitro, such compounds are known to autoxidize to the corresponding radical cations, with concomitant formation of oxygen free-radicals. In the present study, the autoxidation rates of p-phenylenediami...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Munday R,Manns E,Fowke EA,Hoggard GK

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thimerosal (TH), an ethylmercury complex of thiosalicylic acid has been used as preservative in vaccines. In vitro neurotoxicity of TH at high nM concentrations has been reported. Although a number of toxicological experiments demonstrated high affinity of mercury to thiol groups of the extracellular amino acids and p...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Zieminska E,Toczylowska B,Stafiej A,Lazarewicz JW

更新日期：2010-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Several reports have described the effects of trichloroethylene (TCE) on the microsomal mixed function oxidase system (MFOS). These studies suggest that repeated TCE administration induces MFOS, especially cytochrome P-450 and NADPH-cytochrome c reductase. However, it is uncertain what isozymes are induced by TCE trea...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Kawamoto T,Hobara T,Nakamura K,Imamura A,Ogino K,Kobayashi H,Iwamoto S,Sakai T

更新日期：1988-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurotoxic effect on the central and peripheral nervous system of dichlorvos (DDVP) was investigated by a computer system in acute and subchronic experiments in CFY male rats. The administered peroral doses were given by gavage; the acute group was given a single 88 mg/kg dose and the 2 subchronic groups were give...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Dési I,Nagymajtényi L

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lead-exposed mice were found to show a significantly increased frequency of acrosome-reacted spermatozoa. The number of spermatozoa bound to the zona pellucida of denuded mouse eggs was also significant increased, probably as a result of an acceleration of the processes involved in the capacitation of the spermatozoa ...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Johansson L

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The popliteal lymph node assay (PLNA) is being considered as a tool to predict the potential of drugs for inducing systemic autoimmune and hypersensitivity reactions. Despite the use of different technical approaches and the evaluation of over 130 compounds, the sensitivity and specificity of the PLNA are still debata...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Ravel G,Christ M,Horand F,Descotes J

更新日期：2004-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Several different meanings have been attached to the term "chemical sensitivity" by those who use it. Feeling ill from odors is a symptom reported by approximately one-third of the population. The syndrome of chemical sensitivity, frequently called "Multiple Chemical Sensitivity" or "MCS" has been the subject of three...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Miller CS

更新日期：1996-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Nowadays, very little information concerning the effects on behavior in mammals of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), a widely distributed persistent environmental pollutant, is available. In the present study, we assessed the behavioral effects of PFOS on 3 months old mice after 1 month of exposure to this pollutant. ...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Fuentes S,Vicens P,Colomina MT,Domingo JL

更新日期：2007-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Ketamine, an anaesthetic agent used in newborns and toddlers, has been shown to induce neurodegeneration and alter adult behavior in mice, when administered during the neonatal period. Mammals have a marked period of rapid brain growth and development (BGS), which is postnatal in mice and rats, spanning the first 3-4 ...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Viberg H,Pontén E,Eriksson P,Gordh T,Fredriksson A

更新日期：2008-07-30 00:00:00