Introduction To Toxicology Flashcards
Deals with the undesirable effects of chemicals on living systems, from individual cells to complex ecosystems.
TOXICOLOGY
Study of adverse effects of the xenobiotics
TOXICOLOGY
It is the study of the adverse effects of chemical, physical, or biological agents on people, animals, and the environment.
TOXICOLOGY
Ex. Physical poison
Nuclear rays & radiation
Ex. Chemical poison
Reagents and chemicals
Ex. Biological poison
Toxins
What killed Socrates?
Hemlock
What killed Cleopatra?
Asp (snake)
state poison of the Greeks
hemlock
chinese arrow poison
aconite
How opium is used?
antidote-poison-antidote
Heavy metals examples
Pb, Hg, Cu, As, Sb
treatise on the treatment of poisonings from insects, snakes, and mad dogs
Poisons and Antidotes (1198)
Wrote on the subject of bioavailability, noting that milk, butter, and cream could delay intestinal absorption
Maimonides
Paracelsus name
Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus
Bombastus von Hohenheim
coined the word “toxixon”
Paracelsus
Father of Toxicology
Paracelsus
Considered to be the modern father of toxicology.
Mathieu Orfila (Mattieu Joseph Bonaventura Orfila)
Book written by Orfila
traite des poisons
toxicology came from the Greek word
toxicon
What killed Alexander the Great?
alcohol overdose
Hemlock
Conium maculatum
Aconite
Aconitum napellus
Opium
Papaver somniferum
Farmer God
Shen Nong
Founded the Chinese Herbal Medicine
Shen Nong
Founder of Ayurveda (India)
Sushruta
Developed tolerance to poisons
Mithridates VI