Environmental and occupational exposure of metals and their role in male reproductive functions.

abstract：:An anti-tumor agent, the cationic dye rhodamine 123 (Rh 123), becomes concentrated in mitochondria of certain tissues and inhibits ATP production. Rh 123 was tested for developmental toxicity by i.p. injection into pregnant CD-1 mice daily on gestation days 7-10 (plug = day 1) at doses up to 15 mg/kg/day. Additional m...

journal_title：Drug and chemical toxicology

authors： Hood RD,Ranganathan S,Jones CL,Ranganathan PN

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the mechanism behind neuronal regeneration is critical for treating ischemic stroke and traumatic brain injury. The presence of neural stem cells in and around the sub-ventricular zone of human and also in zebrafish is evidenced. In this current study, the neuro-protective potential of nano-formulated he...

journal_title：Drug and chemical toxicology

authors： Paramita P,Sethu SN,Subhapradha N,Ragavan V,Ilangovan R,Balakrishnan A,Srinivasan N,Murugesan R,Moorthi A

更新日期：2020-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Celecoxib has been shown to have an antitumor effect in previous studies, but the mechanisms are unclear. Ca(2+) is a key second messenger in most cells. The effect of celecoxib on cytosolic free Ca(2+) concentrations ([Ca(2+)](i)) in human suspended PC3 prostate cancer cells was explored by using fura-2 as a fluoresc...

journal_title：Drug and chemical toxicology

authors： Wang JL,Lin KL,Chou CT,Kuo CC,Cheng JS,Hsu SS,Chang HT,Tsai JY,Liao WC,Lu YC,Chen IS,Liu SI,Jan CR

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gold nanorods (GNRs) are used for their wide variety of applications in various industries. There is a little availability of data related to toxicity and ecological implications of these GNRs. The study evaluated the oxidative stress induction following intra-tracheal instillation of 1 and 5 mg/kg b.w. doses of 10 an...

journal_title：Drug and chemical toxicology

authors： Lingabathula H,Yellu N

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing numbers of older adults use cannabis and cannabis-derived products that can have adverse effects. This study examined management site and level of healthcare services for older adult poison control center cases involving cannabis products. Using the American Association of Poison Control Centers' (PCC) Nati...

journal_title：Drug and chemical toxicology

authors： Choi NG,DiNitto DM,Marti CN,Baker SD

更新日期：2021-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic cysteamine and non-protein sulfhydryl (NPSH) levels were determined in galactosamine (GAL)-poisoned rats following hepatoprotective cystamine or cysteamine treatments to determine whether alterations of hepatic NPSH status could contribute to their observed protective actions. D(+)-Galactosamine HC1 (400 mg/kg...

journal_title：Drug and chemical toxicology

authors： MacDonald JR,Gandolfi AJ,Sipes IG

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endophytic fungi are promising sources of bioactive substances; however, their secondary metabolites are toxic to plants, animals, and humans. This study aimed toevaluate the toxic, cytotoxic, mutagenic and oxidant/antioxidant activities of acetonitrile extract (AEPc), citrinin (CIT) and dicitrinin-A (DIC-A) of Penici...

journal_title：Drug and chemical toxicology

authors： de Oliveira Filho JWG,Andrade TJADS,de Lima RMT,Silva DHS,Dos Reis AC,Santos JVO,de Meneses APM,de Carvalho RM,da Mata AMO,de Alencar MVOB,Dias ACS,da Silva FCC,Islam MT,Clark CCT,Sousa JMCE,Melo-Cavalcante AAC

更新日期：2020-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments were carried out to ascertain whether or not saffron (dried stigmas of Crocus sativus L.), a commonly used agent for flavoring and coloring food can exert modulatory effects on the in vivo genotoxicity of cisplatin (CIS), cyclophosphamide (CPH), mitomycin C (MMC) and urethane (URE). For this purpose, Swiss...

journal_title：Drug and chemical toxicology

authors： Premkumar K,Abraham SK,Santhiya ST,Gopinath PM,Ramesh A

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genotoxic effect of CBZ has been investigated in few studies. There is little evidence linking carbamazepine (CBZ) with any genotoxic effects, particularly in vitro micronucleus test using cytogenesis-block technique. In this study, the genotoxicity of the antiepileptic drug, carbamazepine, was tested using cytoki...

journal_title：Drug and chemical toxicology

authors： Celik A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxic fungal metabolites - mycotoxins - cause poisonings after consumption of contaminated food commodities. The most probable intoxications are connected with eating poorly stored food or inhaling of moldy dust. One of the effective ways to protect people against mycotoxins is timely detection. Several methods such a...

journal_title：Drug and chemical toxicology

authors： Pohanka M,Jun D,Kuca K

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we investigated the effect of vernolide-A on the induction of apoptosis as well as its regulatory effect on the activation of transcription factors in B16F-10 melanoma cells. Treatment of B16F-10 cells with nontoxic concentrations of vernolide-A showed the presence of apoptotic bodies and induced DNA fr...

journal_title：Drug and chemical toxicology

authors： Pratheeshkumar P,Kuttan G

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Albino mice (8-10 wks) weighing between 14 and 25 g were divided into 2 groups and dosed orally once per week with 2 doses (7 mg/kg and 21 mg/kg) of the gut-stimulating principle in Croton penduliflorus seeds (CP crystals) for 12 weeks. Some mice (3-4) from each group were killed at 10 days intervals for the first 6 w...

journal_title：Drug and chemical toxicology

authors： Asuzu IU,Shetty SN,Anika SM

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fluoride reactivation process was evaluated for measuring the level of sarin or soman nerve agents reactivated from substrates in plasma and tissue from in vivo exposed guinea pigs (Cava porcellus), in blood from in vivo exposed rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta), and in spiked human plasma and purified human albumin...

journal_title：Drug and chemical toxicology

authors： Adams TK,Capacio BR,Smith JR,Whalley CE,Korte WD

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pefloxacin is a second-generation fluoroquinolone antibiotic. Besides its advantageous characteristics, side effects including the hypofunction of salivary glands, decreased saliva production, and peripheral neuropathy were observed during the administration of pefloxacin. The aim of this study was to investigate the ...

journal_title：Drug and chemical toxicology

authors： Skopkó BE,Deák Á,Matesz C,Kelentey B,Bácskai T

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of the ability of several phosphoesterases to hydrolyze organophosphates to toxic phenols, the bioactivation of bis[p-nitrophenyl]phosphate (BNPP) by the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris was investigated. In a contact toxicity test, BNPP was was less toxic than the metabolite p-nitrophenol (PNP), but more toxic ...

journal_title：Drug and chemical toxicology

authors： Park SC,Smith TJ,Bisesi MS

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antioxidant activity of Acacia salicina extracts was determined by the ability of each extract to inhibit lipid peroxidation, to protect against DNA strand scission induced by hydroxyl radicals, and to scavenge the free radical, 2,2'-azino-bis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS(*+)). The IC(50) values of t...

journal_title：Drug and chemical toxicology

authors： Bouhlel I,Bhouri W,Limem I,Boubaker J,Nefatti A,Skandrani I,Ben Sghaier M,Kilani S,Ghedira K,Chekir Ghedira L

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Amino-3,5-dicyano-4-o-chlorophenyl-6-ethoxypyridine (ACCPE) is a water soluble compound formed during the alkaline treatment of the alcoholic liquor in the production of 2-chlorobenzylidene malononitrile (CS). The acute toxicity and primary irritancy of ACCPE and CS were investigated and compared. Both perorally and...

journal_title：Drug and chemical toxicology

authors： Ballantyne B

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the exposure of pyrethroids in the development of Alzheimer's type neurodegeneration by analyzing β- amyloid, tau and Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (GFAP) in adult Wistar rats. Forty adult Wistar rats (130-150 g) of both sexes were assigned into five groups (n = 8). Groups A-C were treated wi...

journal_title：Drug and chemical toxicology

authors： Iteire KA,Sowole AT,Ogunlade B

更新日期：2020-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Caffeine is the most widely consumed nervous stimulant that induces oxidative-mediated apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in neural cells. Due to low toxicity, high accumulation in neural cells, reduction of the free fatty acids and antioxidant property, l-carnitine (LC) is an interesting compound to be used in vi...

journal_title：Drug and chemical toxicology

authors： Bavari M,Tabandeh MR,Najafzadeh Varzi H,Bahramzadeh S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The developmental toxicities of five test compounds including carbon tetrachloride, urethane, phenacetin, parathion, and chloroform, were evaluated using Frog Embryo Teratogenesis Assay--Xenopus (FETAX), with minor modification. Post-isolation mixtures of differently-induced rat liver microsomes (phenobarbital- (PB), ...

journal_title：Drug and chemical toxicology

authors： Fort DJ,Rogers RL,Paul RR,Stover EL,Finch RA

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Orlistat is an FDA-approved over-the-counter drug to treat obesity through the inhibition of lipase activity. Macrophages, which express high levels of lipoprotein lipase (LPL), are important phagocytes in the innate immune system. Our previous studies indicated that environmentally relevant concentrations of arsenite...

journal_title：Drug and chemical toxicology

authors： Lou K,Huang P,Ma H,Wang X,Xu H,Wang W

更新日期：2019-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, no standardized and well-validated alternative models exist for screening for progesterone-responsive endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). Because of this, a rapid assay for evaluating progestin/antiprogestin activity using Xenopus oocyte germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD) as a model was evaluated. Five co...

journal_title：Drug and chemical toxicology

authors： Fort DJ,McLaughlin DW,Rogers RL,Buzzard BO

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of diazinon, at different concentrations and exposure times, were investigated in freshwater fish, Cyprinus carpio, to elucidate the possible mode of action on lipid peroxidation together with the inhibitory effect of diazinon on acetylcholinesterase activity and changes in tissue protein levels. Cholinesteras...

journal_title：Drug and chemical toxicology

authors： Ozcan Oruç E,Uner N,Sevgiler Y,Usta D,Durmaz H

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accelerating rotarod was used to assess motor performance decrement in rats after administration of candidate anticonvulsant compounds (acetazolamide, amitriptyline, chlordiazepoxide, diazepam, diazepam-lysine, lorazepam, loprazolam, midazolam, phenobarbital and scopolamine) against nerve agent poisoning. All comp...

journal_title：Drug and chemical toxicology

authors： Capacio BR,Harris LW,Anderson DR,Lennox WJ,Gales V,Dawson JS

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lavender and immortelle essential oils (EOs) are widely used to treat a spectrum of human conditions. The aim of this study was to investigate cyto/genotoxic effects of lavender and immortelle EOs using plant cells (Allium cepa) and human lymphocytes, as well as their antimicrobial potential using nine strains of bact...

journal_title：Drug and chemical toxicology

authors： Mesic A,Mahmutović-Dizdarević I,Tahirović E,Durmišević I,Eminovic I,Jerković-Mujkić A,Bešta-Gajević R

更新日期：2021-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to aldehydes represents potential risks to human and animal health. Cyclic aldehydes such as benzaldehyde, 2-furaldehyde, and paraldehyde were found to induce formation of stable DNA-protein cross-links (DPXs) in cultured human lymphoma cells. A relationship between increased cytotoxicity and DPX formation wa...

journal_title：Drug and chemical toxicology

authors： Kuykendall JR,Jarvi EJ,Finley BL,Paustenbach DJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1994, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) developed a screening methodology for conducting indirect exposure risk assessments for combustion facilities. The United States Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine currently utilizes this methodology in conjunction with other USEP...

journal_title：Drug and chemical toxicology

authors： Walter MA

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Doxorubicin (DOX), a highly active chemotherapeutic drug, faces limitations in clinical application due to severe cardiotoxic effects (mainly through increased oxidative stress). Therefore, its effect is exacerbated in subjects with ischemic heart disease. We have recently reported that saffron extract (SAF), a natura...

journal_title：Drug and chemical toxicology

authors： Chahine N,Nader M,Duca L,Martiny L,Chahine R

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have demonstrated that benzodiazepine compounds are effective at antagonizing seizure activity produced by the organophosphate (OP) cholinesterase inhibitor soman. In this present study we have investigated the pharmacokinetics of midazolam and its associated effects on electroencephalographic (EEG) activity f...

journal_title：Drug and chemical toxicology

authors： Capacio BR,Byers CE,Merk KA,Smith JR,McDonough JH

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the residues of 42 pesticides subject to public concern in Tieguanyin tea produced in Fujian, China. The presence of 42 pesticide residues in 90 Tieguanyin tea samples were determined. A total of 17 pesticides were detected. At least one pesticide residue was detected in 65 ...

journal_title：Drug and chemical toxicology

authors： Yao Q,Yan SA,Li J,Huang M,Lin Q

更新日期：2020-08-04 00:00:00