A case of unusual suicidal poisoning by the organophosphorus insecticide dimethoate.

abstract：:There are many discrepancies among the results of studies on the genotoxicity of lead. The aim of the study was to explore lead-induced DNA damage, including oxidative damage, in relation to oxidative stress intensity parameters and the antioxidant defense system in human leukocytes. The study population consisted of ...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Dobrakowski M,Pawlas N,Kasperczyk A,Kozłowska A,Olewińska E,Machoń-Grecka A,Kasperczyk S

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-glucuronidase is considered a sensitive biomarker for acute organophosphorus poisoning. In this well-documented study, multiple plasma samples over time were collected. A decrease in plasma concentration of beta-glucuronidase was surprisingly observed, even within normal range. These findings do not support the h...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Sabbe MB,Desruelles D,Lissens W

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of low lead exposure were investigated in 96 children (7-12 years old) living and studying within a 1 km radius of a lead smelter (exposed population) located in Torreón, Coahuila, México, and compared with 30 children living and studying 4.5 km from the same smelter (control population). Both populations ...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Calderón-Salinas JV,Valdéz-Anaya B,Mazúñiga-Charles,Albores-Medina A

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute exposure to systemic poisons represents an important challenge in clinical toxicology. We aimed to analyze the potential role of cardiac biomarkers, routine laboratory tests, and clinical scores as morbidity and in-hospital mortality predictors in patients intoxicated with various systemic poisons. We conducted ...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Lionte C,Sorodoc V,Tuchilus C,Cimpoiesu D,Jaba E

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Human volunteer studies are an essential part of drug development but their use in the area of non-pharmaceutical chemicals has so far been very limited. Such studies can have considerable value in the assessment and improvement of the safe use of chemicals. 2. Once metabolic pathways and target metabolites have be...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Wilks MF,Woollen BH

更新日期：1994-06-01 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：:Hormesis can be considered as a parameter which has a non-monotonic relationship with some endpoint. Since caloric intake is such a parameter, and the impact of this parameter on risk assessment has been fairly well characterized, it can provide clues as to how to integrate the information from a hormetic parameter in...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Turturro A,Hass B,Hart RW

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate in vitro inhibitory effects of four types of histamine H2-receptor antagonist (H2-receptor antagonists), famotidine, roxatidine, cimetidine and ranitidine, on platelet function, we examined aggregating potency and P-selectin levels with agonist-induced aggregation. Ranitidine and cimetidine inhibited, in c...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Nakamura K,Kariyazono H,Shinkawa T,Yamaguchi T,Yamashita T,Ayukawa O,Moriyama Y,Yotsumoto G,Toyohira H,Taira A,Yamada K

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress has an important role in the pathophysiology of many occupational diseases. In this controlled exposure study, the intensity of oxidative stress biomarkers was assessed in the workers of natural sweet and sour gas refineries (SwGR and SoGR, respectively) and compared with controls. In addition, the ro...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Mandegary A,Sezavar M,Saeedi A,Amirheidari B,Naghibi B

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Cardiac dysfunction is one of the most serious consequences of scorpion envenomation. The best tool to evaluate cardiac function is echocardiography, but it is not available at all emergency departments. Many studies aimed to describe biological predictive factors of cardiac dysfunction in scorpion envenomation...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Chakroun-Walha O,Karray R,Jerbi M,Ben Rebeh A,Jammeli C,Bahloul M,Ammar R,Chabchoub I,Bouaziz M,Nasri A,Rekik N

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Predictive toxicology plays a critical role in reducing the failure rate of new drugs in pharmaceutical research and development. Despite recent gains in our understanding of drug-induced toxicity, however, it is urgent that the utility and limitations of our current predictive tools be determined in order to identify...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Naven RT,Louise-May S

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pityriasis rosea (PR) is a common, acute, and self-limited inflammatory skin disease. The typical clinical presentation includes the appearance of a primary "herald" patch followed within days to weeks by the onset of secondary scaly skin eruptions distributed along the skin tension line in most cases. Although PR is ...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Polat M,Uzun Ö,Örs I,Boran Ç

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfur dioxide (SO2) is a common exogenous atmospheric pollutant. Studies have shown that SO2 can cause vasodilation as a gas signaling molecule, but the specific signaling pathways are not well understood. This study aimed to explore the underlying mechanism behind the effects of SO2 on vasodilation of isolated rat a...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Zhang Q,Lyu W,Yu M,Niu Y

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to perform histological and stereological examination of alcohol-induced changes in the optic nerve, considered an extension of white matter of the brain, in rats. This study included 20 male Wistar albino rats aged 60 days and weighing 190-220 g. The rats were divided into three...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Igit T,Colcimen N

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacological potential of curcumin was assessed in PC12 cells against hydrogen peroxide (H(2) O(2)) exposure. In MTT [3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide] and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) assays, 24-hour exposure of H(2)O(2) (0.5 mM and above) was found to be cytotoxic. A significant (p < 0...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Siddiqui MA,Kashyap MP,Kumar V,Tripathi VK,Khanna VK,Yadav S,Pant AB

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence-based guidelines do not exist for the treatment of patients with chronic mild-moderate digoxin toxicity. We sought to evaluate differences among specialists in the use of digoxin-specific antibody fragments and the decision to admit these patients. A sample of cardiologists, emergency physicians, and medical ...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Kirrane BM,Olmedo RE,Nelson LS,Mercurio-Zappala M,Howland MA,Hoffman RS

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fixed-dose procedure (FDP) was introduced as OECD Test Guideline 420 in 1992, as an alternative to the conventional median lethal dose (LD50) test for the assessment of acute oral toxicity (OECD Test Guideline 401). The FDP uses fewer animals and causes less suffering than the conventional test, while providing in...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Stalla N,Whitehead A,Ridgway P

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic fibrosis is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Attenuation of fibrogenic process can significantly lower the mortality rate. However, pharmaceutical intervention at fibrogenesis stage remains a major task in medicine. So there is a need for a natural compound to treat hepatic fibrosis. This ...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Thirupathi A,Silveira PC,Nesi RT,Pinho RA

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Neonatal treatment of rats with vitamin D3 resulted in a change of sexual behavior in adulthood. 2. 2.5 mg vitamin D3 completely inhibited the ejaculation of males without any apparent influence on sexual desire. 250 mg vitamin D3 influenced both the desire and ejaculation. 3. Sexual activity of females was depress...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Mirzahosseini S,Karabélyos C,Dobozy O,Csaba G

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients admitted to the Accident and Emergency Unit of Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) after eating a cassava based meal 'Gari' died shortly after admission. The patients vomited and complained of abdominal pain immediately after the meal. They were unconscious with renal failure and died of cardiopul...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Akintonwa A,Tunwashe OL

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article focuses on flaws in the actual approaches of exposure to a chemical of recipient organisms. It demonstrates the excessive use of arguments based on adverse effects and underlines the necessity to take adaptive effects seriously. Regulators are invited to rethink their inclination to the 'When in doubt, kee...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Hanekamp JC,Bast A

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the environmental toxicant, triethyltin, on Ca2+ mobilization in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells have been examined. Triethyltin induced an increase in cytosolic free Ca2+ levels ([Ca2+]i) at concentrations larger than 2 microM in a concentration-dependent manner. Within 5 min, the [Ca2+]i signal...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Jiann BP,Chou KJ,Chang HT,Chen WC,Huang JK,Jan CR

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Chlorobenzylidene malononitrile (CS) is the tear gas used by the police. The aim was to evaluate an amphoteric, hypertonic, and chelating rinsing solution in CS exposure. METHODS:The first (CS) group of six police officers was exposed to CS only. The second (preexposure) group of eight sprayed their faces wi...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Brvar M

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results obtained in long-term carcinogenicity studies with animals should be evaluated, first and foremost, by statistical comparisons of the data obtained from the treated group with that from the concurrent control group. Often the results are compared with data from so-called historical control groups in order to t...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Greim H,Gelbke HP,Reuter U,Thielmann HW,Edler L

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning causes fulminant deaths in common environment as well as neurological sequelae to survivors. Prevention of delayed neurological syndrome (DNS) after exposure to CO, the most important sequela, is based up to date on hyperbaric oxygen administration. Nevertheless, its use remains c...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Del Moral-Barbudo B,Blancas R,Ballesteros-Ortega D,Quintana-Díaz M,Martínez-González Ó

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of novel serotonergic antidepressants have been introduced to clinical practice over the last decade. These medications are felt to be safe alternatives to the traditional tricyclic antidepressants and monoamine oxidase inhibitors, particularly in the overdose setting. Serious adverse reactions and drug inter...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Hodgman MJ,Martin TG,Krenzelok EP

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the effect of a combination of vitamin C, vitamin E and selenium on ethanol-induced duodenal mucosal damage in rats was investigated morphologically and biochemically. The duodenal mucosal injury was produced by oral administration of 1 mL of absolute ethanol to each rat. Animals received vitamin C (250...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Koyuturk M,Bolkent S,Ozdil S,Arbak S,Yanardag R

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study has three purposes; first evaluating cytotoxicity of (E)-4-chloro-2-((3-ethoxy-2-hydroxybenzylidene)amino)phenol (ACES), second deciphering ACES-mediated cellular death mechanism, and third estimating ACES-mediated alterations in the expressions of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway-rela...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Karaosmanoğlu O

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of definite and probable human chemical carcinogens identified by IARC approaches between 1987 and June 2004 is reported to be 50 agents. However, overall, given the rapid expansion in the number of chemicals in use, the throughput of the current approach to identifying potential environmental carcinogens i...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Battershill JM

更新日期：2005-11-01 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