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Professor
Academic discipline: Farmacologia (BIO/14)
Field: Discipline biologiche
Type of training activity: Characterising

64 hours
of face-to-face activities

8 credits

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Learning objectives

To bring mechanisms and nature of toxic effects of drugs and xenobiotics to student's knowledge.

Prerequisites

Pharmacology exam.

Course unit content

General partFirst principles of toxicityMechanisms and tests of toxicityADME of toxic substanceMetabolism of xenobiotics Cancerogenesis, teratogenesis and mutagenesisSpecial partExperimental toxicology and evaluation of toxicological risksIdiosincrasic and allergic reactions. Interactions between xenobioticsMetals, Solvents, Pesticides, IPA, PCOD, PCBEnviromental toxicoogyAlimentary toxicologyOccupational toxicologyToxicology of biotecnological productsToxicology of herbal productsPoisons and antidotesToxicology of:LungKidneyLiverCardiovascular Sistem Central Nervous Sistem (CNS)

Full programme

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Bibliography

CASARETT & DOULL’S: "Tossicologia: I fondamenti dell’azione delle sostanze tossiche", 6° Edizione. Ed. EMSI, Roma.

Piera Ghi: “Tossicologia: principi e applicazioni all’uso dei farmaci e dei prodotti della salute”. Edizione Minerva Medica

C.L. GALLI, E. CORSINI, M. MARINOVICH “Tossicologia”. Edizione Piccin

W.A. HAYES: "Principles and Methods of Toxicology", III Edition, Raven Press.

GOODMAN & GILMAN’S: "The pharmacological basis of therapeutics"

ERNEST HODGSON: “Tossicologia Moderna”, EdiSES

Teaching methods

Traditional lesson

Assessment methods and criteria

oral examination

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