Toxicology

Toxicology

A branch of biology, chemistry, and medicine concerned with the study of the adverse effects of chemicals or physical agents on living organisms, as well as the symptoms, mechanisms, treatments and detection of poisoning, especially the poisoning of people.

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hydrophobic

Biology; Toxicology

Having an affinity for fat and high lipid solubility. Note: This is a physicochemical property which describes a partitioning equilibrium of solute molecules between water and an immiscible organic ...

glycome

Biology; Toxicology

Description of the complete set of carbohydrates and their functions in a living organism.

environmental fate

Biology; Toxicology

Destiny of a chemical or biological pollutant after release into the natural environment.

hazard assessment

Biology; Toxicology

Determination of factors controlling the likely effects of a hazard such as the dose-effect and dose-response relationships, variations in target susceptibility, and mechanism of toxicity.

hazard identification

Biology; Toxicology

Determination of substances of concern, their adverse effects, target populations, and conditions of exposure, taking into account toxicity data and knowledge of effects on human health, other ...

exposure test

Biology; Toxicology

Determination of the level, concentration or uptake of a potentially toxic compound and (or) its metabolite(s) in biological samples from an organism (blood, urine, hair etc.) and the interpretation ...

functional genomics

Biology; Toxicology

Development and implementation of technologies to characterize the mechanisms through which genes and their products function and interact with each other and with the environment.