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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Antimuscarinic

Biology; Toxicology

Substance inhibiting or preventing the actions of muscarine and muscarine-like agents, e.g., atropine, on the muscarinic acetylcholine receptors.

Cyanotoxin

Biology; Toxicology

Toxin produced by Cyanobacteria, sometimes called bluegreen algae. Note: Examples are microcystin and cylindrospermin.

Bio-activation

Biology; Toxicology

Metabolic conversion of a xenobiotic to a more toxic derivative or one which has more of an effect on living organisms.

Desiccant

Biology; Toxicology

1. Drying agent. 2. In agriculture, a substance used for drying up plants and facilitating their mechanical harvesting.

Allergen

Biology; Toxicology

Immunostimulant antigenic substance which may or may not cause a clinically significant effect but which is capable of producing immediate hypersensitivity.

Assay

Biology; Toxicology

1. Process of quantitative or qualitative analysis of a component of a sample. 2. Results of a quantitative or qualitative analysis of a component of a sample.

Concentration-effect relationship

Biology; Toxicology

Association between exposure concentration and the resultant magnitude of the continuously graded change produced, either in an individual or in a population.