Human toxicologyPub Date : 1988-09-01DOI: 10.1177/096032718800700509
C L Berry
{"title":"Pesticides.","authors":"C L Berry","doi":"10.1177/096032718800700509","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/096032718800700509","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. Chemical treatment of crops is essential not only to reduce losses but also to prevent certain food related diseases. 2. Pesticides, unlike many other compounds, are designed to kill higher organisms and thus pose special toxicological problems. 3. It is important to understand the mechanism of action of the pesticide in the target organism in order to assess risk/benefit as accurately as possible. 4. In future the need for pharmacokinetic/dynamic and comparative metabolic data will increase and it will become important to gather human exposure data for certain commonly used compounds, data which are sadly lacking at present.</p>","PeriodicalId":13194,"journal":{"name":"Human toxicology","volume":"7 5","pages":"433-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/096032718800700509","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14189715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Human toxicologyPub Date : 1988-09-01DOI: 10.1177/096032718800700511
F A de Wolff
{"title":"Nutritional toxicology: the significance of natural toxins.","authors":"F A de Wolff","doi":"10.1177/096032718800700511","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/096032718800700511","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. The human diet may act as a carrier for substances which have a deleterious effect on human health either acutely or after chronic intake. 2. These substances can be divided into nutrients, contaminants, food additives and natural toxicants. 3. Recent research has mainly focused upon the contaminants and additives. This has led to regulatory measures which aim to prevent disease from exposure to such chemicals. 4. The natural toxicants have not been as widely studied as the other classes of dietary toxins. Their possible impact on human health, however, justifies stimulation of research into this important branch of toxicology.</p>","PeriodicalId":13194,"journal":{"name":"Human toxicology","volume":"7 5","pages":"443-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/096032718800700511","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14189717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Human toxicologyPub Date : 1988-09-01DOI: 10.1177/096032718800700503
D V Parke, C Ioannides, D F Lewis
{"title":"Metabolic activation of carcinogens and toxic chemicals.","authors":"D V Parke, C Ioannides, D F Lewis","doi":"10.1177/096032718800700503","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/096032718800700503","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. The spatial parameters and electronic structures of 100 exogenous and endogenous chemicals have been determined by computer graphics, from which their oxidative metabolism by the cytochrome P-448 (activation) or the other families of cytochromes P-450 (generally detoxication) have been predicted. 2. The spatial parameters of these chemicals primarily determine the family of cytochrome P-450 by which the chemicals are metabolized and the electronic structures primarily determine their ease of oxidative metabolism. 3. The role of oxidative metabolism of xenobiotics by the cytochromes P-448, and their binding to the cytosolic Ah receptor, are considered in relationship to the mechanisms of chemical toxicity, mutagenicity, carcinogenicity, and co-carcinogenicity. 4. The mechanisms of chemical toxicity and carcinogenesis are considered in respect of activation through cytochrome P-448-mediated, conformationally-hindered oxygenation to reactive intermediates which, unlike most cytochrome P-450-oxygenated metabolites, are not acceptable substrates for conjugation and detoxication and therefore react with essential intracellular macromolecules. 5. The computer graphic method of determining the molecular conformations and electronic structures of molecules is a rapid, scientifically-based procedure for evaluation of the potential toxicity, mutagenicity and carcinogenicity of chemicals.</p>","PeriodicalId":13194,"journal":{"name":"Human toxicology","volume":"7 5","pages":"397-404"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/096032718800700503","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14322757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Human toxicologyPub Date : 1988-09-01DOI: 10.1177/096032718800700501
R J Flanagan, B Widdop, F M Sullivan
{"title":"Developments in toxicology--retrospect and prospect.","authors":"R J Flanagan, B Widdop, F M Sullivan","doi":"10.1177/096032718800700501","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/096032718800700501","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13194,"journal":{"name":"Human toxicology","volume":"7 5","pages":"391-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/096032718800700501","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14189031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Human toxicologyPub Date : 1988-09-01DOI: 10.1177/096032718800700513
A D Thomson, O E Pratt, M Jeyasingham, G K Shaw
{"title":"Alcohol and brain damage.","authors":"A D Thomson, O E Pratt, M Jeyasingham, G K Shaw","doi":"10.1177/096032718800700513","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/096032718800700513","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. The safe limits of alcohol intake are difficult to define because of individual variations in susceptibility to damage. The present recommendations are based largely on epidemiological studies of liver damage. 2. Recent investigations indicate that alcoholic brain damage is much more common than previously suspected. More information is required about its natural history and the characteristics of individuals most likely to suffer damage. 3. Thiamin (vitamin B1) deficiency has long been associated with brain damage and may result from a number of additive causes in the alcoholic patient. New information indicating damage to the protein moeity of some of the thiamin-using enzymes has been reviewed, as have possible mechanisms of brain cell necrosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":13194,"journal":{"name":"Human toxicology","volume":"7 5","pages":"455-63"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/096032718800700513","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14189718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Human toxicologyPub Date : 1988-09-01DOI: 10.1177/096032718800700506
A E McLean
{"title":"Is enzyme induction good for you? A problem of epidemiology and toxicology.","authors":"A E McLean","doi":"10.1177/096032718800700506","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/096032718800700506","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. The discoveries that pre-treatment with certain compounds could increase the amounts of drug metabolizing enzymes present in the liver and that metabolism could enhance as well as reduce the toxicity of exogenous molecules were important milestones in toxicology. 2. Some clinically important adverse effects (vitamin D deficiency, reduced efficacy of oral contraceptives, interactions with anticoagulants) were found to be due to enzyme induction by, for example, anticonvulsants. 3. Intestinal enzymes are also inducible and can respond rapidly to individual compounds while the liver enzymes respond more slowly to the diet as a whole. Although promoting hepatic tumours in rats and mice, phenobarbitone does not have this effect in man because there seems to be a threshold for promotion which human use does not exceed. In neither case is there evidence that induction is harmful rather than adaptive in man. 4. As to the future, post-marketing surveillance will continue to be important in assessing the safety of new products, and knowledge of the metabolism and pharmacokinetics of new compounds in experimental animals and in man will assume greater importance. Finally, greater understanding of intracellular processes will pave the way to the study of toxicology at the macromolecular level and thus to critically assess the validity of the animal models currently used in toxicity testing.</p>","PeriodicalId":13194,"journal":{"name":"Human toxicology","volume":"7 5","pages":"419-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/096032718800700506","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14189712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Human toxicologyPub Date : 1988-09-01DOI: 10.1177/096032718800700507
F M Sullivan
{"title":"Reproductive toxicity tests: retrospect and prospect.","authors":"F M Sullivan","doi":"10.1177/096032718800700507","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/096032718800700507","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. The design of the classical three segment reproductive test for new drugs is described and the relative merits of the USA/EEC and the Japanese guidelines are discussed. 2. The importance of pharmacokinetic studies in the interpretation of teratology studies and extrapolation to humans is mentioned in relation to caffeine, sodium valproate and cyclophosphamide. 3. Changing ideas on the design of multi-generation studies are reviewed. 4. Recent developments in the fields of behavioural teratology, chemicals in breast milk and transplacental carcinogenesis are described.</p>","PeriodicalId":13194,"journal":{"name":"Human toxicology","volume":"7 5","pages":"423-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/096032718800700507","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14189713","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Human toxicologyPub Date : 1988-09-01DOI: 10.1177/096032718800700512
L Ness
{"title":"The safety-in-use of cosmetics and toiletries.","authors":"L Ness","doi":"10.1177/096032718800700512","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/096032718800700512","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. Manufacturers of cosmetics and toiletries have a clear responsibility under Article 2 of the EEC Cosmetics Directive to ensure that their products are safe for use. 2. They have shown that they are able to discharge this responsibility, as illustrated by the type of safety assessment programme described in this paper and by market-place experience. 3. Considerable resources are invested by industry in safety assurance. As might be expected, this is particularly true of larger companies which have been responsible for many recent technological advances. 4. Industry will continue to regard the safety of its products as paramount, and contends that existing legislation is more than adequate to ensure continued safety-in-use.</p>","PeriodicalId":13194,"journal":{"name":"Human toxicology","volume":"7 5","pages":"449-53"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/096032718800700512","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14322759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Papers presented at a symposium in honour of Dr. Roy Goulding. London, 20-21 November 1987.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13194,"journal":{"name":"Human toxicology","volume":"7 5","pages":"391-513"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14189032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Human toxicologyPub Date : 1988-09-01DOI: 10.1177/096032718800700517
R J Flanagan, B Widdop, J D Ramsey, M Loveland
{"title":"Analytical toxicology.","authors":"R J Flanagan, B Widdop, J D Ramsey, M Loveland","doi":"10.1177/096032718800700517","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/096032718800700517","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. Major advances in analytical toxicology followed the introduction of spectroscopic and chromatographic techniques in the 1940s and early 1950s and thin layer chromatography remains important together with some spectrophotometric and other tests. However, gas- and high performance-liquid chromatography together with a variety of immunoassay techniques are now widely used. 2. The scope and complexity of forensic and clinical toxicology continues to increase, although the compounds for which emergency analyses are needed to guide therapy are few. Exclusion of the presence of hypnotic drugs can be important in suspected 'brain death' cases. 3. Screening for drugs of abuse has assumed greater importance not only for the management of the habituated patient, but also in 'pre-employment' and 'employment' screening. The detection of illicit drug administration in sport is also an area of increasing importance. 4. In industrial toxicology, the range of compounds for which blood or urine measurements (so called 'biological monitoring') can indicate the degree of exposure is increasing. The monitoring of environmental contaminants (lead, chlorinated pesticides) in biological samples has also proved valuable. 5. In the near future a consensus as to the units of measurement to be used is urgently required and more emphasis will be placed on interpretation, especially as regards possible behavioural effects of drugs or other poisons. Despite many advances in analytical techniques there remains a need for reliable, simple tests to detect poisons for use in smaller hospital and other laboratories.</p>","PeriodicalId":13194,"journal":{"name":"Human toxicology","volume":"7 5","pages":"489-502"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/096032718800700517","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14189619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}