TOXICOLOGICAL ANALYSIS (6 CREDITS) - TWO MODULES

Enrollment year

2020/2021

Academic year

2020/2021

Regulations

DM270

Academic discipline

BIO/14 (PHARMACOLOGY)

Department

DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY "LAZZARO SPALLANZANI"

Course

EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED BIOLOGY

Curriculum

Bioanalisi

Year of study

1°

Period

1st semester (05/10/2020 - 14/01/2021)

ECTS

Lesson hours

48 lesson hours

Language

Italian

Activity type

WRITTEN TEST

Teacher

PASTORIS ORNELLA (titolare) - 3 ECTS
DOSSENA MAURIZIA - 3 ECTS

Prerequisites

Learning outcomes

Course contents

Part 1. General principles of toxicology: history and scope of toxicology; mechanisms of toxicity; risk assessment; absorption, distribution and excretion of toxicants; biotransformation of xenobiotics; toxicokinetics. Non-organ directed toxicity: chemical carcinogenesis; genetic toxicology; developmental toxicology. Toxic agents: toxic effects of pesticides; toxic effects of metals; toxic effects of solvents and vapors. Food toxicology.
Part 2. Role and functions of toxicological laboratory. Main toxicology tests on different biological matrices. Principal voluntary and involuntary intoxication from: drugs, chemical agents, animal toxins and mushrooms. Qualitative and quantitative research of xenobiotics. Methods of analysis in industrial toxicology. Examples of applications.

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Further information

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