Bioconcentration

Bioconcentration

Process leading to a higher concentration of a substance in an organism than in environmental media to which it is exposed.

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Category: Toxicology
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bioconcentration

Natural environment; Water

The accumulation of a chemical in tissues of a fish or other organism to levels greater than in the surrounding medium.

bioconcentration

Biology; Ecology

The strengthening of a harmful and usually toxic substance as it moves up the food chain, as with DDT growing 400 times deadlier in seagulls and other carnivores than when first ...

bioconcentration

Biology; Chemistry; Toxicology

Process leading to a higher concentration of a substance in an organism than in environmental media to which it is exposed.

bioconcentration

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The accumulation of a chemical in tissues of a fish or other organism to levels greater than in the surrounding medium.

bioconcentration factor (BCF)

Biology; Chemistry; Toxicology

Measure of the tendency for a substance in water to accumulate in organisms, especially fish. Note 1. The equilibrium concentration of a substance in fish can be estimated by ...

recycling of waste

Biology; Chemistry; Toxicology

Process or method allowing for the recovery of some value from a waste, either as re-usable material or as energy.

translation

Biology; Chemistry; Toxicology

Process through which a polypeptide chain of amino acid molecules is generated as directed by the sequence of a particular messenger RNA sequence.

post-translational modification

Biology; Chemistry; Toxicology

Processes by which proteins are biochemically modified within a cell following their synthesis in the ribosomes.

splicing

Biology; Chemistry; Toxicology

Processes through which introns are removed from a messenger RNA prior to translation and the exons joined.

sympathomimetic

Biology; Chemistry; Toxicology

Producing effects resembling those of impulses transmitted by the postganglionic fibers of the sympathetic nervous system.

adrenergic

Biology; Chemistry; Toxicology

Producing effects resembling those of impulses transmitted by the postganglionic fibers of the sympathetic nervous system.

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