Urine mutagenicity and biochemical effects of the drinking water mutagen, 3-chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2[5H]-furanone (MX), following repeated oral administration to mice and rats.

abstract：:The term "health/functional food" (HFF) refers to food supplements containing nutrients or other substances (in a concentrated form) that have a nutritional or physiological effect whose purpose is to supplement the normal diet. The Korean Health/Functional Food Act that came into effect in 2004 requires these product...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Kim JY,Kim DB,Lee HJ

更新日期：2006-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary function and inflammation in the lungs of rodents exposed by inhalation to carbon/graphite/epoxy advanced composite material (ACM) combustion products were compared to that of a rodent model of acute lung injury (ALI) produced by pneumotoxic paraquat dichloride. This investigation was undertaken to determine...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Whitehead GS,Grasman KA,Kimmel EC

更新日期：2003-02-01 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

abstract：:The effects of cadmium on some mitochondrial enzymes of kidney, testis and lung were investigated in male rats. Rats were injected intraperitoneally with 3 mg Cd/kg body weight and its effects were studied 24, 72 and 144 h later. Succinic dehydrogenase and cytochrome c oxidase activities were significantly inhibited i...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Prasada Rao PV

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five male and female rats per dose-group received 2,3,7,8-tetrabromodibenzo-p-dioxin (2,3,7,8-TBDD) once on the first day of the study. Doses of 10, 33, 100, or 300 micrograms 2,3,7,8-TBDD/kg body wt. and the vehicle control were administered by gavage. About 20% of 2,3,7,8-TBDD was excreted via feces. Severe body wei...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Ivens IA,Löser E,Rinke M,Schmidt U,Neupert M

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article traces the evolution of risk assessment as an essential analytical tool in the federal government. In many programs and agencies, decisions cannot be made without the benefit of information from risk assessment. Although this analytical tool influences important public health and economic decisions, there...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Graham JD

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:No clinical data are available on the acute cutaneous toxicity of spin traps which are frequently used in combination with the electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) technique for detection of free radicals and reactive oxygen/nitrogen species. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the acute dermatotoxicity of the ...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Fuchs J,Groth N,Herrling T

更新日期：2000-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The organophosphorus nerve agent soman is an irreversible cholinesterase (ChE) inhibitor that can produce long-lasting seizures and brain damage in which the neurotransmitters acetylcholine and glutamate are involved. These same neurotransmitters play key-roles in the auditory function. It was then assumed that explor...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Job A,Baille V,Dorandeu F,Pouyatos B,Foquin A,Delacour C,Denis J,Carpentier P

更新日期：2007-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel substituted phenoxyalkyl pyridinium oximes, previously shown to reactivate brain cholinesterase in rats treated with high sublethal dosages of surrogates of sarin and VX, were tested for their ability to prevent mortality from lethal doses of these two surrogates. Rats were treated subcutaneously with 0.6mg/kg n...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Chambers JE,Meek EC,Bennett JP,Bennett WS,Chambers HW,Leach CA,Pringle RB,Wills RW

更新日期：2016-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to establish a hypospadiac rat model by maternal exposure to di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP) and to evaluate the developmental abnormalities of hypospadiac male rats. Timed-pregnant rats were given DBP by gastric intubation at doses of 0, 250, 500, 750 or 1000 mg/kg body weight (bw)/day from...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Jiang J,Ma L,Yuan L,Wang X,Zhang W

更新日期：2007-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactions of ethenyloxirane with amino (RNH2) and thiol (R'SH) nucleophiles occur by an SN2 mechanism involving competing ring cleavage at C-2 and C-3. In contrast, 2-ethenyl-2-methyloxirane reacts with amino (RNH2) and thiolate (R'S-) nucleophiles in methanol by regioselective SN2 attack at C-3 ("neo-pentyl" position...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Bleasdale C,Small RD,Watson WP,Wilson J,Golding BT

更新日期：1996-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In rats, 3 days treatment with paracetamol (1 oral dose of 1 g/kg daily) produced a complete protection against the hepatotoxic actions of a further dose of paracetamol as documented by determination of serum enzyme activities (glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase, (GOT), glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (GPT), sorbitol deh...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Strubelt O,Siegers CP,Völpel M,Younes M

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and N-nitrosamines (NNA) are mainly activated by cytochrome P450s, and their associated enzyme activities such as aryl hydrocarbon (benzo(a)pyrene) hydroxylase (AHH), N-nitrosdimethylamine N-demethylase I (NDMA-dI), NADPH-cytochrome C reductase, and detoxified by glutathione S-t...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Sheweita SA,Newairy AA,Mansour HA,Yousef MI

更新日期：2002-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We had previously demonstrated that 1 mM 2,4-D inhibited cell growth, nucleic acid synthesis and protein synthesis (at the ribosomal level) of Azospirillum brasilense. These alterations were prevented by the presence of polyamines in the culture medium. On the other hand, polyamines did not affect the 2,4-D uptake. In...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Mori G,Fabra A,Castro S,Rivarola V,Giordano W,Balegno H

更新日期：1995-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Myopathy is among the well documented and the most disturbing adverse effects of statins. The underlying mechanism is still unknown. Mitochondrial dysfunction related to coenzyme Q10 decline is one of the proposed theories. The present study aimed to investigate the mechanism of atorvastatin-induced myopathy in rats. ...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： El-Ganainy SO,El-Mallah A,Abdallah D,Khattab MM,Mohy El-Din MM,El-Khatib AS

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transgenic rat mutation assays can be used to assess genotoxic properties of chemicals in target organs for carcinogenicity. Mutations in transgenes are genetically neutral and accumulate during a treatment period; thus, assays are suitable for assessing the genotoxic risk of chemicals using a repeated-dose treatment ...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Kawamura Y,Hayashi H,Masumura K,Numazawa S,Nohmi T

更新日期：2014-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of cultured rat mesangial cells to CdCl2 caused a dose- and time-dependent increase in intracellular glutathione that was significant at 0.5 microM and maximal at 1 microM Cd2+. The effect depended on glutathione synthesis and was masked by inhibiting synthesis with buthionine sulfoximine. The cells responded...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Chin TA,Templeton DM

更新日期：1993-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of nitric oxide (NO) in acute renal failure (ARF) is debatable. In the present study, we investigated the effect of acute administration of NO donor, Sodium nitroprusside (SNP), L-Arginine (L-Arg) and NO synthase inhibitor, N(omega)-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) in Fe-NTA induced renal toxicity. Rats were ...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Gupta A,Chander V,Sharma S,Chopra K

更新日期：2007-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The expanding use of innovative botanical ingredients in dietary supplements and foods has resulted in a flurry of research aimed at the development and validation of analytical methods for accurate measurement of active ingredients. The pressing need for these methods is being met through an expansive collaborative i...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Sullivan D,Crowley R

更新日期：2006-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Subacute exposure of male rats to various concentrations (70-1000 ppm) of dichloromethane (DCM) produces a selective reduction of dopamine (DA) levels without a change of DA turnover in certain types of forebrain DA nerve terminal systems. In the low concentration (70 ppm) a selective reduction of DA turnover was obse...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Fuxe K,Andersson K,Hansson T,Agnati LF,Eneroth P,Gustafsson JA

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutathione S-transferases and glutathione play an important role in the detoxification of most toxic agents. In the present study, the protective effects of some antioxidants (L-ascorbic acid (AA), vitamin E (VE) or garlic) on carbon tetrachloride-induced changes in the activity of alanine amino transferase (ALT), as...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Sheweita SA,Abd El-Gabar M,Bastawy M

更新日期：2001-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Colicins are unusual bacterial toxins because they are directed against close relatives of the producing strain. They kill their targets in one of three distinct ways; via a ribonuclease or deoxyribonuclease activity or by forming pores in the target cell's membrane. This review deals with the steps involved in pore-f...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Lakey JH,van der Goot FG,Pattus F

更新日期：1994-02-28 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：:Sixteen polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were screened for their ability to be directly cytotoxic to a cell line from the rainbow trout gill, RTgill-W1. Exposure times of 2 h or less were sufficient for direct cytotoxicity to be detected, which appeared to be caused by a common mechanism, the general perturbati...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Schirmer K,Dixon DG,Greenberg BM,Bols NC

更新日期：1998-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug-induced hepatotoxicity is a major problem in drug development, and oxidative stress is known as one of the causes. Superoxide dismutases (SODs) are important antioxidant enzymes against reactive oxygen species (ROS). Mitochondria are the major source of superoxide production, and SOD2 is mainly localized in mitoc...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Yoshikawa Y,Morita M,Hosomi H,Tsuneyama K,Fukami T,Nakajima M,Yokoi T

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The multiple cascades of signal transduction pathways that lead from receptors on the cell membrane to the nucleus, thus translating extracellular signals into changes in gene expression, may represent important targets for neurotoxic compounds. Among the biochemical steps and pathways that have been investigated are ...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Costa LG,Guizzetti M,Lu H,Bordi F,Vitalone A,Tita B,Palmery M,Valeri P,Silvestrini B

更新日期：2001-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxybutynin hydrochloride, an anti-cholinergic/anti-spasmodic agent, was examined for its effect on fertility and peri-post natal development in the rat and its embryotoxic potential in the rat and rabbit. In the rat effects on reproductive performance included a slight increase in the incidence of foetal malformations...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Edwards JA,Reid YJ,Cozens DD

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1975, in cooperation with 8 County Hygienic Stations, total mercury content in fish from rivers and lakes in Hungary was measured. The mercury content in fish muscle-tissue from 164 fish samples averaged 0.36 mg/kg. Average levels in different fish species ranged from 0.10 to 0.57 mg/kg. The amount of mercury in fi...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Gergely A,Soós K,Erdélyi L,Cieleszky V

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthetic pyrethroid insecticide, cypermethrin, was given during gestation to pregnant rats by gavage in corn oil. Peripheral blood and spleen cytotoxic activity of dams and their offspring were then evaluated at different times (30, 60, 90, 120 days) after birth. Pups showed a significant increase in peripheral b...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Santoni G,Cantalamessa F,Mazzucca L,Romagnoli S,Piccoli M

更新日期：1997-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The toxicity to HeLa cells of 29 plasticizers was determined in the MIT-24 test system. The 7-day IC50 for HeLa cells varied from 260 to 1.5 g/l. Phthalates, adipates, sebacates, azelates and phosphates with long carbon chain alcohols were very non-toxic to the cells, probably due to insolubility in water of the compo...

journal_title：Toxicology

authors： Ekwall B,Nordensten C,Albanus L

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00