Main description:

Advances in Molecular Toxicology, Volume Twelve, features the latest advances in the subspecialties of the broad area of molecular toxicology. This series details the study of the molecular basis of toxicology by which a vast array of agents encountered in the human environment, and produced by the human body, manifest themselves as toxins. The work not only documents these examples, but also covers the complex web of chemical and biological events that give rise to toxin-induced symptoms and disease. The new technologies that are being harnessed to analyze and understand these events are also reviewed by leading experts in the field.

Contents:

1. Toxicology of inorganics 2. Mechanisms underlying the pulmonary toxicity of carbon nanotubes 3. Chemopreventive role of dietary phytochemicals in colorectal cancer 4. Myeloperoxidase-mediated bioactivation of olefins 5. Application of Physical Organic Chemistry to Interpretation and Prediction of Skin Sensitisation Potency of Chemicals 6. Zebrafish models for toxicological screening: Insights from molecular and biochemical approaches