PRELIMS LECTURE Flashcards
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Old definition of toxicology
Basic science of a poison
New definition of toxicology
Is the qualitative and quantitative study of the adverse effects of toxicants on biological organisms.
This is any substance that causes a harmful effect to a living organism
Poison
Example of poison
muriatic acid
sulfuric acid
All chemicals or drugs may cause toxic depends of dosage. True or false?
True
This is any chemical of natural or synthetic origin, capable of causing a harmful effect to a living organism
Toxicant
It is a toxicant produced by living organisms. (From human, plants and animals)
Toxin
What is the difference between the EXOTOXIN & ENDOTOXIN
Exotoxin- gram (+) , it has a thick cell wall and compose of 6-7 membranes
Endotoxin- gram (-), it has thin layer and
How many % of LD50 (lethal dose) produce in a population?
50%
What is the difference between the Pharmacology and Toxicology?
Pharmacology: places more emphasis on THERAPEUTIC EFFECT of chemicals particularly drugs. It is the pharmacodynamic process.
Toxicology: Focuses more on the ADVERSE EFFECT of chemicals and other substances and focusing on risk assessment. (Example; thalidomide)
What is adverse event?
It’s the patient fault, there’s no connection on the pharmacology of the drug.
An effect that is expected
Side effect
An effect that is unexpected
Adverse Event
It is the trained person that examines the nature of toxic agents’ effects including their cellular, biochemical and molecular MOA and assess the probability of their occurrence.
Toxicologist
Categories under the Branches of Toxicology.
Descriptive
Regulatory
Mechanistic
It is a category of BoT that involves toxicity testing of a drug/chemical
Descriptive
It is a category of BoT that involves policies
Regulatory
It is a category of BoT that involves the mechanism of action of a toxin that causes toxicity
Mechanistic
It is the combination of descriptive and mechanistic category.
Clinical toxicology
This is a toxicology branches that determines how you get disease from toxins.
Clinical toxicology
It is the combination of mechanistic and regulatory. Also studies the body of a dead person
Forensic Toxicology
This is the connection of toxicology to pharmacodynamics
Pharmacology
What are the objectives of toxicology in Pharmaceutical research?
*How an organism is affected by exposure to an agent.
*How the agent moves throughout the organism
*How it may be changed by interacting with living cells and tissues
*What parts of the organism are affects by its presence.
Are all substances toxic?
YES
How many LD50 does a sugar have?
30,000 mg/kg
How many LD50 does ethanol have?
13,700 mg/kg
How many LD50 of water have?
slightly greater than 80,000 mg/kg