Editors: Saul F. Castaneda and Mauro L. Emerson |
Book Description: A xenobiotic is a chemical which is found in an organism but which is not normally produced or expected to be present in it. Specifically, drugs such as antibiotics are xenobiotics in humans because the human body does not produce them itself. In this new book, the authors present current research on xenobiotics including the potential effects of toxic agents on immune system function; medical strategies to prevent adverse effects of PAH-like anthropogenic xenobiotics; organophosphorus pesticides as dangerous xenobiotics for aquatic environments and phytoremediation for removal of organic xenobiotics from water. (Imprint: Nova) |
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Chapter 1 - Protocols for the Study of Immunotoxicity: A Review (pp.1-26) Authors / Editors: (M. Lilia Domínguez-López, Yolanda Ortega-Ortega, Luís A. Jiménez-Zamudio, Ethel García-Latorre, Armando Vega-López, Laboratorio de Inmunoquímica I, Laboratorio de Inmunología Clínica, Departamento de Inmunología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Casco de Santo Tomás, México, and others)
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Chapter 2 - Potential of Weak CYP1A Inducers for Prevention and Therepies of Chemically-Induced Cancer (pp.27-48) Authors / Editors: (Maria Perepechaeva, Yulia Sidorova, Alevtina Grishanova, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics SB RAMS, Novosibirsk, Russia, and others) |
Chapter 3 - Exposition of Marine Copepods to Organophosphorous Xenobiotics: Application of Acetylcholinesterase Biomarkers in the Laboratory (pp.49-66) Authors / Editors: (C. Agrone, M.G. Aluigi, G.L. Mariottini, E. Giacco, A. Somà, C. Falugi, L. Pane, DIPTERIS, University of Genova, Genova, Italy) |
Chapter 4 - Transformation of Herbicides Under Transient Anoxia (pp.67-84) Authors / Editors: (Gerald K. Sims, Ramdas Gopinath Kanissery, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture and Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA) |
Chapter 5 - Correction of Mutagenic and Pro-Oxidant Activity of Heavy Metals (pp.85-94) Authors / Editors: (A.R. Gutnikova, B.A. Saidkhanov, M.S. Gildieva, N.Kh. Ablyaeva, I.V. Kosnikova, V. Vakhidov Republican Specialized Center of Surgery, Institute of Genetics and Experimental Plant Biology of ASc, RU, Uzbekistan) |
Chapter 6 - Phytoremediation: An Option for Removal of Organic Xenobiotics from Water (pp.95-138) Authors / Editors: (Ana Dordio, A.J. Palace Carvalho, Department of Chemistry, University of Evora, Evora, Portugal) |
Chapter 7 - The Use of Bacterial Biosensors to Determine the Toxicity of Nanomaterials and other Xenobiotics (pp.139-164) Authors / Editors: (R.I. Dams, A. Biswas, A. Olesiejuk, M. Gomez, M.M. Murcia, N. Christofi, T. Fernandes, Pollution Research Unit, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom) |
Series: Chemical Engineering Methods and Technology Biochemistry Research Trends |
Binding: Hardcover |
Pub. Date: 2012-September |
Pages: 189, 7 x 10 |
ISBN: 978-1-61942-616-0 |
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