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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LgKow

Biology; Toxicology

Logarithm to the base 10 of the partition coefficient of a substance between octan-1-ol and water. Note: This is used as an empirical measure for lipophilicity in calculating bioaccumulation, fish ...

Lowest effective dose (LED)

Biology; Toxicology

Lowest dose of a chemical inducing a specified effect in a specified fraction of exposed individuals.

Nutritional table method

Biology; Toxicology

Procedure for evaluating the dietary intake of a large number of people. Note 1: The accuracy of the method depends on the accuracy with which records of the food consumption can be established and ...

Interspecies dose conversion

Biology; Toxicology

Process of extrapolating from the doses of one animal species to another, for example from rodent dose to human equivalent.

Fractionation

Biology; Toxicology

Process of classification of an analyte or a group of analytes from a sample according to physical (e.g. size, solubility) or chemical (e.g. bonding, reactivity) properties.

Phagocytosis

Biology; Toxicology

Process by which particulate material is endocytosed by a cell.

Guideline for exposure limits

Biology; Toxicology

Scientifically judged quantitative value (a concentration or number) of an environmental constituent that ensures aesthetically pleasing air, water or food and from which no adverse effect is ...