Occupational mercury vapour exposure and testicular, pituitary and thyroid endocrine function.

abstract：:Personal reflections on radiation hormesis for the past 50 years are presented. The causes of ignoring and rejections of this phenomenon by international and national bodies and by radiation protection establishment are analyzed. The opposition against nuclear weapons and preparations for nuclear war was probably the ...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Jaworowski Z

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1988 to 1991, 732 patients (91.1% Chinese) were admitted to four general medical wards at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong with acute poisoning. The patients were predominantly female (68.9%) and relatively young (86.3% below the age of 40). Further analysis of 655 patients indicates that the vast majori...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Chan TY,Critchley JA,Chan MT,Yu CM

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vulpinic acid, a lichen compound, has been shown to have many beneficial effects and its medicinal value increases day by day. As in atherosclerosis, endothelial damage is the basis of many diseases. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of vulpinic acid against oxidative stress damage induced by hydroge...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Sahin E,Dabagoglu Psav S,Avan I,Candan M,Sahinturk V,Koparal AT

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Groups of 60 male and 60 female B6C3F1 mice or HanIbm Wistar rats were exposed to HFA-134a using snout-only inhalation exposure techniques for periods of one hour daily for at least 104 weeks. HFA-134a was delivered directly from cylinders at vapour concentrations of 2500, 15,000 and 75,000ppm for mice and from met...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Alexander DJ,Libretto SE,Chevalier HJ,Imamura T,Pappritz G,Wilson J

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study is to establish a new animal model of azithromycin (AZ)-induced liver injury and study the molecular pathological change during the process. First, mice were respectively injected intraperitoneally with AZ of different high doses. Our results showed that 800 mg/kg AZ injection signific...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Li SQ,Wan XD,Zhu S,Han HM,Xu ZS,Lu HJ

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we examined the effect of the aqueous extract of Thonningia sanguinea (T.S.) on 7-ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase (EROD, CYP1A1), 7-pentoxyresorufin O-dealkylase (PROD, CYP2B1/2), 7-methoxyresorufin O-demethylase (MROD, CYP1A2), aniline hydroxylase (aniline, CYP2E1), p-nitrophenol hydroxylase (PNPH, CYP2E1)...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Gyamfi MA,Hokama N,Oppong-Boachie K,Aniya Y

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hexafluorocyclobutene (HFCB), a reactive organohalogen gas, causes overwhelming pulmonary oedema. We investigated its effect on the rat lung surfactant system, comparing its action on type II pneumocytes with air-exposed rats. The inflammatory cell population and protein content of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid was ana...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Jugg B,Jenner J,Hughes JN,Rice P

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the protective potential of curcumin on the possible side effects of bortezomib (Bt) therapy on normal cells in mice. The mice were segregated into three groups (n = 10) that included normal control, Bt-treated, and Bt + curcumin-treated groups. The Bt treatment resulted in significant decrease in...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Kumar RR,Malhotra A

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rosiglitazone is in the thiazolidinedione class of drugs used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. It works as an insulin sensitizer by binding to the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma. We investigated the effects of prenatally administered rosiglitazone on pyramidal cell numbers and morphologi...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Sağır D,Eren B,Yılmaz BD,Eren Z,Keleş ON,Gökçe AB

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. A modified mouse liver slice culture technique was established and the viability of the system was assessed on the basis of leakage of cytosolic enzymes viz. lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartic aminotransferase (AST) and slice histology. 2. This system w...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Bhattacharya R,Rao PV,Bhaskar AS,Pant SC,Dube SN

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fructus Psoraleae (FP), widely used in traditional medicine, is increasingly reported to cause serious hepatotoxicity in recent years. However, the main toxic constituents responsible for hepatotoxicity and the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. In the present study, psoralen, a main and quality-control cons...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Huang J,Wang Q,Chen M,Bi Y,Shi H,Zhou K

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to evaluate the cardioprotective potential of lycopene (LCP) against isoproterenol (ISP)-induced myocardial infarction (MI), by assessing hemodynamic, biochemical and histopathological parameters. Wistar male albino rats were orally administered with LCP (0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 mg/kg) or with ...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Ojha S,Goyal S,Sharma C,Arora S,Kumari S,Arya DS

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. 26Al and 67Ga were given as citrates to a healthy male volunteer by intravenous injection. The retention of both tracers was studied by body radioactivity measurement. Levels in blood and excreta were determined by gamma-ray spectrometry and/or accelerator mass spectrometry. 2. More than half of the 26Al had left t...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Priest ND,Newton D,Day JP,Talbot RJ,Warner AJ

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of Jayjock and Lewis, 'Implication of Hormesis for Industrial Hygiene', represents a challenge for the scientific community to consider hormesis as a possible working hypothesis for redefining risk assessment strategy for low-dose exposures in the realm of industrial hygiene. This invited commentary aims at ...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Carelli G,Iavicoli I,Castellino N

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Occupational chronic solvent encephalopathy (CSE) is associated with a number of neurobehavioural disorders including defects of visual perception. The purpose of this study was to characterize colour vision defects in CSE patients. Colour vision was tested in bright illumination with the Farnsworth-Munsell 100-hue te...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Päällysaho J,Näsänen R,Mäntyjärvi M,Kaukiainen A,Sainio M

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A xenobiotic, well tolerated by the majority of treated patients, can cause serious complications in patients with individual susceptibility. Based on the hypothesis that such a phenomenon may occur in rare cases of rhabdomyolysis attributed to fenoverine (DCI), we designed a protocol to look for a genetic predisposit...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Jouglard J,Kozak-Ribbens G,de Haro L,Cozzone PJ

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective review of medical records was carried out to determine the pattern of drug and chemical poisoning cases admitted to a teaching hospital in Malaysia. Medical records of patients admitted during the period January 1987 to December 1995 were reviewed. They accounted for 0.2% of total admissions during the...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Ab Rahman AF

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparisons on a linear and the Rozman logarithmic scale for dosage versus carcinogenicity in rodents are presented for methyl eugenol (ME), nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA), ethyl carbamate (EC) and 2-acetylaminofluorene (AAF). Each of these chemicals has been shown to be carcinogenic in experimental animals and, in additi...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Waddell WJ

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indomethacin, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug is known to increase the efficacy and toxicity of methotrexate, the widely used anti-cancer drug in man. The mechanism for this interaction has not been clearly established. However, since these drugs bind with albumin, a possible displacement of methotrexate by ind...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Raveendran R,Heybroek W,Caulfield M,Lawson M,Abrams SM,Wrigley PF,Slevin M,Turner P

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accidental ingestion of electrical batteries occurs commonly in children. This rarely is associated with severe morbidity and mortality. Significant symptoms can arise due to leakage of alkali or heavy metals from the battery after degradation in the gastrointestinal tract. The main heavy metal of concern in electrica...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Mallon PT,White JS,Thompson RL

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. A chronic alcoholic with severe metabolic acidosis presents a difficult diagnostic problem. The most common cause is alcoholic ketoacidosis, a syndrome with a typical history but often misleading laboratory findings. This paper will focus on this important and probably underdiagnosed syndrome. 2. The disorder occur...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Höjer J

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1-Bromopropane (1-BP) is an increasingly used chemical solvent for cleaning metals and gradually replacing spraying adhesives. Workers exposed to 1-BP (WBP) showed nervous system dysfunction and other symptoms. This study focused on the proteomic change between healthy individuals (HIs), WBP and poisoned patients with...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Miao R,Ding B,Zhang Y,Zhao R,Li Y,Zhu B

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Airborne mono-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (MEHP) was studied for acute airway effects using a bioassay with BALB/c mice. Concentration- and time-dependent effects were obtained by continuous monitoring of the breathing pattern during exposure to 0.3-43.6 mg/m3 MEHP for 60 min. Additionally, inflammatory effects of MEHP wer...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Larsen ST,Hansen JS,Hammer M,Alarie Y,Nielsen GD

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deregulated cancer cell metabolism plays an important role in cancer progression. Cancer cell metabolism has been in the centre of attention in therapeutical cancer cell targeting. Repurposed chemical agents, such as metformin and aspirin, have been studied extensively as preventive and therapeutic agents. Metformin i...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Albayrak G,Konac E,Dikmen AU,Bilen CY

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:A single dose of monocrotaline, a pyrrolizidine alkaloid, was injected into rats in order to produce 25 (Group I) and 45 (Group II) days later a progressive and so called delayed liver injury. The present study investigated the prostanoid production of Kupffer cells and endothelial cells separated from Monoc...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Lemberg A,Calabrese G,Majowicz M,Peredo H,Scorticati C,Filinger E,Perazzo JC

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study deals with pesticide exposure profile in some European countries with a specific focus on ethylenebisdithiocarbamates (EBDC). In all, 55 Bulgarian greenhouse workers, 51 Finnish potato farmers, 48 Italian vineyard workers, 42 Dutch floriculture farmers, and 52 Bulgarian zineb producers entered the study. Ea...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Fustinoni S,Campo L,Liesivuori J,Pennanen S,Vergieva T,van Amelsvoort L,Bosetti C,Van Loveren H,Colosio C

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two previously healthy women developed nausea, vomiting, headache and dizziness for several days, a massive hair loss about 2 weeks later and a discoloration of the fingernails. Detailed diagnostic procedures did not reveal any pathological results. Therapeutic measures did not show any effect. Thallium and arsenic we...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Müller D,Desel H

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formaldehyde is a physiological intermediary metabolite taking part in many biological process in the body. It is a constituent of many items of daily use, including foods. It is also used in medicine for treatment of some conditions. A 40% solution of formaldehyde in water is known as formalin. Formalin is irritating...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Pandey CK,Agarwal A,Baronia A,Singh N

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Poisoning from organophosphates and carbamates is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Concerns have been expressed over the safety and efficacy of the use of oximes such as pralidoxime (2-PAM) in patients with carbamate poisoning in general, and more so with carbaryl poisoning specifi...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Mercurio-Zappala M,Hack JB,Salvador A,Hoffman RS

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sibutramine is an antiobesity drug that inhibits the reuptake of serotonin and noradrenalin in the hypothalamus. A 37-year-old Korean man presented to the emergency room for the oral intake of 280 mg of sibutramine. The patient was in thyrotoxic state. The (99m)Technetium-pertechnetate thyroid scan showed irregular up...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Kim SK,Lee SM,Yoo SS,Hahm JR,Jung JH,Kim HS,Kim S,Chung SI,Jung TS

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00