Principles of Food Toxicology

Content: BASICS OF TOXICOLOGY CONNECTED TO FOODIntroduction     What is Toxicology?      Short History of Toxicology     Dose and Response      Interactions of Toxic Substances     Classification of Toxicants     Some Toxicology-Related Principles of Cellular Biology and BiochemistryRoutes of Xenobiotics in Organism    Entry and Absorption of Foreign Compounds       Distribution of the Xenobiotics in the Organism    Metabolism of Xenobiotics    Elimination of Xenobiotics and/or Metabolites from Organism    Biomagnification     Antidotes           Toxic Response    Variability of Toxic Response    Types of Toxic Response    Molecular Mechanisms of Toxicity    Biomarkers of Toxic Effect Analytical Toxicology Determination of Foreign Compounds    General Principles    Hyphenated Chromatographic and Spectrophotometric Methods    Immunological Methods for Sample Preparation and AnalysisEvaluation of Toxicity of Substances    Epidemiological Studies     Animal Tests    Cell Culture Tests     Computer Calculations    Acute Toxicity Tests    Subacute/Chronic Toxicity Tests    Chronic Toxicity Tests
 Acceptable Daily Intake     Other Toxicity TestsToxicological Safety and Risk Analysis Toxicological Safety      Risk Assessment           Internet Sources of Toxicological InformationMAIN GROUPS OF FOOD-BORNE TOXICANTSEndogenous Plant Toxicants     Lectins or Hemagglutinins
 Ricin    Enzyme Inhibitors    Alkaloids    Cyanogenic Glucosides
 Toxicity Mechanism of HCN    Phytoestrogens    Glucosinolates      Coumarin     Thujones    Anisatine    Toxic Amino Acids    Toxic Lipids    Oxalates    Fluoroacetates    Bracken toxins    Saponins    Grayanotoxin    Mushroom Toxins              Geochemical Pollutants that a Plant Assimilates from Soil      Arsenic     Selenium     FluorineEnvironmental Pollutants      Toxic Chemical Elements       Radionuclides      Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)      Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins and DibenzofuransMycotoxins      Overview       Aflatoxins       Ochratoxins      Sterigmatocystin      Zearalenone      Fumonisins      Trichothecenes      Patulin      Citrinin and Citreoviridin      Ergot Toxins      Other Mycotoxins      Combined Toxicity of Mycotoxins.Animal Endogenous Toxins      Prions      Lactose       Phytanic acid      Avidin      Vitamins of Animal OriginFood Toxins from Sea      Shellfish Toxicants      Fish Toxins                Pesticide Residues      Overview of Pesticides      Insecticides      Herbicides      Fungicides Veterinary Drugs and Feed Additives       Antibiotics      Hormones      Other Veterinary DrugsToxicants Unintentionally Entering Food during Processing, Storage and Digestion      General      Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH)      Alcohols       Bacterial Toxins      Biogenic Vasoactive Amines      Nitrates, Nitrites and Nitrosoamines.       Acrylamide.       Chlorinated Propanols      Phthalates      BisphenolsFood Additives      Traditional Food Additives      Functional Additives                Vitamins      General Principles      Vitamin A
 Phenomenon of Smokers.      Vitamin D      Vitamin E      Vitamin K      Vitamin B2      Vitamin B6      Vitamin C      Vitamin B3      Diagnosing and Therapy of Vitamin Intoxications   Glossary