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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Frame-shift mutation

Biology; Toxicology

Point mutation involving either the deletion or insertion of one or two nucleotides in a gene: by the frame shift mutation, the normal reading frame used when decoding nucleotide triplets in the gene ...

Food intolerance

Biology; Toxicology

Physiologically based reproducible, unpleasant (adverse) reaction to a specific food or food ingredient that is not immunologically based.

Insilico

Biology; Toxicology

Phrase applied to data generated and analysed using computer modelling and information technology.

Exocon

Biology; Toxicology

Portion of a conjugated metabolite that is derived from the parent molecule.

Epigastric

Biology; Toxicology

Pertaining to the upper-middle region of the abdomen.

Chemical safety

Biology; Toxicology

Practical certainty that there will be no exposure of organisms to toxic amounts of any substance or group of substances: this implies attaining an acceptably low risk of exposure to potentially ...

Carrier-linked prodrug

Biology; Toxicology

Compound that contains a temporary linkage between a given active substance and a transient carrier group, the latter producing improved physicochemical or pharmacokinetic properties and easily ...