Organophosphate and organochlorine pesticides are banned in most countries because
they cause high toxicity and bioaccumulation in non-target organisms. Pyrethroid pesticides …

The risk assessment of chemical carcinogens is one major task in toxicology. Even though
exposure has been mitigated effectively during the last decades, low levels of carcinogenic …

Environmental pollution has posed a major threat to flora as well as fauna for the past few
decades. Industries release effluents into the environment which act as the major source of …

The fight-or-flight response prepares an animal for co** with alarming situations and their
potential consequences, which include injury. The possible involvement of innate …

During the past two decades, a variety of histopathological alterations in fish and bivalves
have been developed and used as biomarkers in pollution monitoring. Some of these have …

Interest in the toxicological aspects of oxidative stress has grown in recent years, and
research has become increasingly focused on the mechanistic aspects of oxidative damage …

When looking for a book on fish toxicology, you might find one that discusses the
biochemical and molecular aspects, or one that focuses aquatic toxicology in general. You …

Hydrolysis of glucobrassicin by plant or bacterial myrosinase produces multiple indoles
predominantly indole-3-carbinol (I3C). I3C and its major in vivo product, 3, 3' …

This review considers the potential for DNA strand breaks, particularly as measured by the
comet assay, to act as a biomarker of genetic toxicity in fish and other aquatic species. The …

The zebrafish (Danio rerio) is now the pre-eminent vertebrate model system for clarification
of the roles of specific genes and signaling pathways in development. The zebrafish …