This second edition of a successful title bridging toxicology and environmental chemistry adopts a unique approach that 'follows' chemicals on a molecular level, from the environment through the different uptake mechanisms into the body. Along the way, this textbook explains the different routes of degradation and metabolism of the different classes of chemicals, linking general chemical properties to their toxicological equivalents. All the chapters have been thoroughly updated and the contents significantly expanded, including new chapters on modern pesticides, food chemicals and solvents, as well as a chapter discussing the difficulties of accurate measurements of carcinogenesis in man.
The text is aimed at a wide audience ranging from pharmacologists to environmental chemists and toxicologists.
Zweite Auflage, bewährter Ansatz: Dieser Band leitet die humantoxikologischen Eigenschaften chemischer Substanzen, die in der Umwelt vorkommen, von ihrer Molekülstruktur, ihren chemischen Kenndaten und ihrem Metabolismus ab. Unentbehrlich für Toxikologen, Umweltchemiker, Pharmakologen und Organiker.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"Detailed chapter subsection headings and a comprehensive index make this a usable reference book. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." (Choice, 1 March 2011)
Auflage
2. vollständig überarbeitete Auflage
Sprache
Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Zielgruppe
Illustrationen
10
257 s/w Abbildungen, 10 s/w Tabellen
Maße
Höhe: 24 cm
Breite: 17 cm
Dicke: 2.3 cm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-3-527-32582-5 (9783527325825)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Prof. Olov Sterner is Head of the Division of Organic Chemistry as well as of the Department of Chemistry (400 employees) at Lund University in Sweden. Originally an organic chemist he became interested in bioactive natural products and he has conducted research aiming at the isolation, characterisation, synthesis, and QSAR studies of secondary metabolites from plants and fungi. Prof. Sterner has published more than 330 research papers, 120 conference abstracts and 20 conference papers.
Autor*in
Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Chemicals and society
The chemicals of life and nature
Chemical properties
Uptake, distribution and elimination of chemicals
Metabolism of exogenous compounds in mammals
Conversions and transformations in the environment
Toxic effects of chemicals
The molecular basis for genotoxicity and carcinogenicity
Hazardous chemicals
Environmental effects of chemicals