In silico and in vitro genotoxicity evaluation of levofloxacin n-oxide, an impurity in levofloxacin.

abstract：:Benzene (C6H6) is one of the most commonly used industrial chemicals causing environmental pollution. This study aimed to examine the effect of benzene and its metabolite hydroquinone on glucose regulating organs, liver and pancreas, and to reveal the involved toxic mechanisms, in rats. In the in vivo part, benzene wa...

journal_title：Toxicology mechanisms and methods

authors： Bahadar H,Maqbool F,Mostafalou S,Baeeri M,Gholami M,Ghafour-Boroujerdi E,Abdollahi M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Over expression of renin-angiotensin system (RAS) and nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-κB) has a major role in many cancers. It has been suggested that some angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) could reduce the proliferation of cancer cells. The role of NF-κB pathway has been documented in cell proliferation. OBJECTI...

journal_title：Toxicology mechanisms and methods

authors： Bakhtiari E,Hosseini A,Boroushaki MT,Mousavi SH

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Owing to their structure and function, low-density lipoproteins (LDLs) are particularly susceptible to the oxidative modifications. To prevent against oxidative modification of LDL, L-carnitine, with endogenous small water-soluble quaternary amine possessing antioxidative properties, was used. The aim of this paper wa...

journal_title：Toxicology mechanisms and methods

authors： Augustyniak A,Stankiewicz A,Skrzydlewska E

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotine, an active substance present in tobacco has been identified as a major risk factor for lung related diseases. In the present study, we have evaluated the protective effect of curcumin on circulatory lipid peroxidation and antioxidants in nicotine administered Wistar rats. Lung toxicity was induced by subcutan...

journal_title：Toxicology mechanisms and methods

authors： Kalpana C,Menon VP

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cadmium is one of the most toxic elements to which man can be exposed at work or in the environment. By far, the most salient toxicological property of Cd is its exceptionally long half-life in the human body. Once absorbed, Cd accumulates in the human body, particularly in the liver and other vital organs. The cellul...

journal_title：Toxicology mechanisms and methods

authors： Escobar Mdel C,Souza V,Bucio L,Hernández E,Gómez-Quiroz LE,Gutiérrez Ruiz MC

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Timolol is a medication used widely to treat glaucoma. Regarding Ca2+ signaling, timolol was shown to modulate Ca2+-related physiology in various cell types, however, the effect of timolol on Ca2+ homeostasis and cell viability has not been explored in human prostate cancer cells. The aim of this study was to explore ...

journal_title：Toxicology mechanisms and methods

authors： Wang JL,Chou CT,Liang WZ,Wu CJ,Kuo CC,Hao LJ,Shieh P,Jan CR

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylglyoxal (MG) is a reactive dicarbonyl metabolite originated mainly from glucose degradation pathway that plays an important role in the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus (DM). Reactions of MG with biological macromolecules (proteins, DNA and lipids) can induce cytotoxicity and apoptosis. Here, human erythrocytes...

journal_title：Toxicology mechanisms and methods

authors： Prestes AS,Dos Santos MM,Ecker A,Zanini D,Schetinger MR,Rosemberg DB,da Rocha JB,Barbosa NV

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A suboptimal in utero environment can have detrimental effects on the pregnancy and long-term adverse "programing" effects on the offspring. Aflatoxin B1 is one of the potent reproductive toxicants and currently detected in both milk and tissues. This article focuses on the effects of prenatal exposure to graded doses...

journal_title：Toxicology mechanisms and methods

authors： Supriya Ch,Akhila B,Pratap Reddy K,Girish BP,Sreenivasula Reddy P

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was conducted to evaluate the sublethal effects of a synthetic pyrethroid, cypermethrin on ATPase, and glycogen phosphorylase in gill, kidney, liver, and muscle tissue of freshwater fish, Clarias batrachus (Linn) during exposure and cessation of exposure. Thirty-six fish were exposed to 1/3 of LC 50 ...

journal_title：Toxicology mechanisms and methods

authors： Begum G

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiological association between black cherry trees and mare reproductive loss syndrome has focused attention on cyanide and environmental cyanogens. This article describes the toxicokinetics of cyanide in horses and the relationships between blood cyanide concentrations and potentially adverse responses to cya...

journal_title：Toxicology mechanisms and methods

authors： Dirikolu L,Hughes C,Harkins D,Boyles J,Bosken J,Lehner F,Troppmann A,McDowell K,Tobin T,Sebastian MM,Harrison L,Crutchfield J,Baskin SI,Fitzgerald TD

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Limited information is available regarding systemic changes in mammals associated with exposures to petroleum/hydrocarbon fuels. In this study, systemic toxicity of JP-8 jet fuel was observed in a rat inhalation model at different JP-8 fuel vapor concentrations (250, 500, or 1000 mg/m(3), for 91 days). Gel electrophor...

journal_title：Toxicology mechanisms and methods

authors： Hanas JS,Bruce Briggs G,Lerner MR,Lightfoot SA,Larabee JL,Karsies TJ,Epstein RB,Hanas RJ,Brackett DJ,Hocker JR

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic hyperglycemia leads to the development of microvascular complications like diabetic nephropathy. The present study investigated the potential effects of the hydroalcoholic extract of Tribulus terrestris, a plant of Zygophyllaceae family, on the renal complications in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats....

journal_title：Toxicology mechanisms and methods

authors： Gandhi S,Srinivasan BP,Akarte AS

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For good performance in clinical and forensic toxicology, it is important to be aware of the signs and symptoms related to xenobiotic exposure since they will assist clinicians to reach a useful and rapid diagnosis. This manuscript highlights and critically analyses clinical and forensic imaging related to ethanol abu...

journal_title：Toxicology mechanisms and methods

authors： Dinis-Oliveira RJ,Magalhães T,Moreira R,Proença JB,Pontes H,Santos A,Duarte JA,Carvalho F

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorpyrifos (CPF) is one of the organophosphorus pesticides widely used around the world, especially in China. Acetylcholinesterase inhibition is the main effect of organophosphorus insecticides exposure. Studies showed that CPF may also interfere with the metabolism of monoamine transmitters. To investigate the effe...

journal_title：Toxicology mechanisms and methods

authors： Xu F,Chang X,Lou D,Wu Q,Zhou Z

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preeclampsia is a multisystem disorder with profound implications on both mother and fetus. Analysis of umbilical cord blood red blood cell (RBC) changes shall depict the fetal response to pregnancy-specific complications like preeclampsia. This study aims to analyze the regulation relationship between HSP90α and heme...

journal_title：Toxicology mechanisms and methods

authors： Ekambaram P,Jayachandran T,Dhakshinamoorthy L

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, 162 samples were analysed for monomer styrene content with using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method in hot tea, milk, cocoa milk. The monomer styrene content, expressed in microg/l of drink and the level of migration of styrene monomer were varied from 0.61 to 8.15 for hot tea, from 0....

journal_title：Toxicology mechanisms and methods

authors： Khaksar MR,Ghazi-Khansari M

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylthiophanate is one of the widely used fungicides to control important fungal diseases of crops. The aim of this study was to elucidate the short-term hematoxicity and genotoxicity effects of methylthiophanate administered by intraperitoneal way at three doses (300, 500 and 700 mg/kg of body weight) after 24, 48 ...

journal_title：Toxicology mechanisms and methods

authors： Ben Amara I,Ben Saad H,Cherif B,Elwej A,Lassoued S,Kallel C,Zeghal N

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydroquinone (HQ), one of the most important metabolites derived from benzene, is known to be associated with acute myelogenous leukemia risk; however, its carcinogenic mechanism remains unclear. In a previous study, we found that low-level of benzene exposure down-regulated the expression of poly(ADP-ribose)polymeras...

journal_title：Toxicology mechanisms and methods

authors： Sha Y,Zhou W,Yang Z,Zhu X,Yang X,Li TD,Zhu D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oxytocin (OT) injections have been indiscriminately used to milk cattle in dairy industries. There is no study available regarding surveillance of OT in market milk samples. MATERIAL AND METHODS:OT from milk samples was extracted by precipitation with trichloroacetic acid and passed through the solid phase ...

journal_title：Toxicology mechanisms and methods

authors： Mishra M,Ali S,Das M

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ABSTRACT The effect of sodium selenite, alpha-tocopherol, and their combination was studied in the hemic system of goat. Incubation of goat blood with selenium and vitamin E for 24 h resulted in a decrease in hemoglobin concentrations in Se-and vitamin E-treated groups, whereas no change in the osmotic fragility was o...

journal_title：Toxicology mechanisms and methods

authors： Saini RK,Saini N,Kataria M,Babu S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor progression is the continual selection of variant subpopulations of malignant cells that have acquired increasing levels of genetic instability (Nowell Science 1976, 194, 23-28). This instability is manifested as chromosomal aneuploidy or translocations, viral integration or somatic mutations that typically affe...

journal_title：Toxicology mechanisms and methods

authors： Huppi K,Pitt J,Wahlberg B,Caplen NJ

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ABSTRACT Oxidative damage to cellular constituents is one of the major mechanisms of alcoholic liver injury, and administration of antioxidants ameliorates alcoholic liver disease. The present study investigated the influence of (-) epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), a major polyphenol component of green tea, on oxidant...

journal_title：Toxicology mechanisms and methods

authors： Kaviarasan S,Sundarapandiyan R,Anuradha CV

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ABSTRACT Body packers are people who illegally carry drugs, mostly cocaine as well as opium and/or heroin, concealed within their bodies. The packets are inserted in the mouth, rectum, or vagina in order to get across borders without being detected. In this presentation we report a case of an opium body packer and rev...

journal_title：Toxicology mechanisms and methods

authors： Shadnia S,Faiaz-Noori MR,Pajoumand A,Talaie H,Khoshkar A,Vosough-Ghanbari S,Abdollahi M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The specific properties of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs), such as antimicrobial activity and electrical conductivity, allow them to be used in many fields. However, their expanding application is also raising health, environmental and safety concerns. Previous in vivo AgNP toxicity studies have indicated a gender-diffe...

journal_title：Toxicology mechanisms and methods

authors： Dong MS,Choi JY,Sung JH,Kim JS,Song KS,Ryu HR,Lee JH,Bang IS,An K,Park HM,Song NW,Yu IJ

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ABSTRACT Ochratoxin A (OTA) and citrinin (CTN) are two mycotoxins, quite common contaminants, that can occur jointly in a wide range of food commodities. Both mycotoxins have several toxic effects but both share a significant nephrotoxic potential since OTA and CTN were reported to be responsible for naturally occurri...

journal_title：Toxicology mechanisms and methods

authors： Bouslimi A,Ouannes Z,Golli EE,Bouaziz C,Hassen W,Bacha H

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silver and gold nanoparticles (Ag-AuNPs) are currently some of the most manufactured nanomaterials. Accordingly, the hazards associated with human exposure to Ag-AuNPs should be investigated to facilitate the risk assessment process. In particular, because pulmonary exposure to Ag-AuNPs occurs during handling of these...

journal_title：Toxicology mechanisms and methods

authors： Ávalos A,Haza AI,Mateo D,Morales P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The titanium nitride coated titanium is a material intended for the fabrication of left ventricular assist device. As per International standards, a material is subjected to pre-clinical evaluation before fabrication of a device. Toxicity/biocompatibility studies such as acute systemic toxicity, intracutaneous irritat...

journal_title：Toxicology mechanisms and methods

authors： Geetha CS,Sabareeswaran A,Mohanan PV

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenesis, disturbance in redox homeostasis, and deregulated redox signaling are considered as common hallmarks of cancer progression and chemo resistance. In this context, PERK (protein kinase PKR-like ER kinase) branch of the unfolded protein response (UPR), an adaptive mechanism triggered by endoplasmic reticulu...

journal_title：Toxicology mechanisms and methods

authors： Sharma SH,Suresh Kumar J,Madhavan S,Nagarajan S

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Gentamicin (GM) is used against bacterial infections. The aim of our investigation was to evaluate the role of inflammation and also oxidative damage in nephrotoxic potential of GM and protective effects of Nasturtium officinale (watercress) against GM-induced nephrotoxicity in Wistar rats. MATE...

journal_title：Toxicology mechanisms and methods

authors： Shahani S,Behzadfar F,Jahani D,Ghasemi M,Shaki F

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report explores the direct counting of "hair-like" struc-tures specific for Gram-positive bacteria. Indications show that these structures are intact after removal from the cell and are sufficiently different from species to species of bacteria to give an indication of bacteria type if not actual identification. ...

journal_title：Toxicology mechanisms and methods

authors： Wick CH,Jabbour RE,McCubbin PE,Deshpande SV

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00