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      Acute ToxicityMedicinal PlantENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENTPharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences
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      EngineeringTechnologyToxicologyBiotechnology
patients with advanced primary squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of cervix (FIG0 Stages RIB, IVA or extensive nodal involvement) and 8 with recurrent disease were treated using a pilot regimen of combination chemotherapy (CT): Mitomycin C... more
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      BrachytherapyRadiation TherapyHead and NeckSquamous Cell Carcinoma
This article reports the 6-year results of a controlled adjuvant trial carried out in 140 postmenopausal women aged 65 years or less having resectable breast cancer and positive axillary nodes. Within 4 weeks after surgery, patients were... more
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      Breast CancerMenopausePostmenopausal WomenProspective studies
Twenty-four-hour IC50 values (50% immobilization concentration) for phenol, o-cresol, mcresol, p-cresol, six xylenols, and three trimethylphenols were determined for Daphnia magna under static conditions. Our results show that cresols are... more
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      DaphniaMultidisciplinaryPhenolsSpecies Specificity
This study aims to elucidate the processes underlying neuroprotection of kaempferol in models of rotenone-induced acute toxicity. We demonstrate that kaempferol, but not quercetin, myricetin or resveratrol, protects SH-SY5Y cells and... more
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      GeneticsElectron MicroscopyDrug interactionsEnzyme Inhibitors
Ethnopharmacological relevance: Hofmeisteria schaffneri (Asteraceae) is a medicinal plant widely commercialized in the most important Markets of Mexico City for the treatment of gastro-intestinal complaints and skin afflictions. Aim of... more
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      PainComplementary and Alternative MedicinePlant BiologyEthnopharmacology
Teas of Vernonia condensata Baker (Asteraceae) are widely used in Brazil for gastro-intestinal disorders and to treat several other diseases. In this study, we evaluated the acute toxicity, embryotoxicity and mutagenicity of a lyophilized... more
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      Complementary and Alternative MedicinePlant BiologyEthnopharmacologyMedicinal Plants
A series of experiments were conducted to determine the toxicity, behavior, blood glucose stress response, and disease susceptibility in Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus following un-ionized ammonia (UIA) exposure. The acute toxicity of... more
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      Disease susceptibilityBlood GlucoseStress responseFisheries Sciences
The acute toxicity of four chemical species of selenium to juvenile amphipods (Corophium sp.) was assessed in water-only tests. The seleno-amino acid compounds seleno-L-methionine and seleno-DL-cystine were found to be more toxic (96-h LC... more
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      CrustaceaEnvironmental SciencesToxicitySelenium
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      WaterKineticsWater PurificationPesticide Residues
Sida cordifolia L. (Malvaceae) is used in folk medicine for the treatment of inflammation of the oral mucosa, blenorrhea, asthmatic bronchitis and nasal congestion. The anti-inflammatory, analgesic effects and acute toxicity of an aqueous... more
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      Folk MedicineComplementary and Alternative MedicineBrazilEthnopharmacology
After the definitive ban on tin-based antifouling substances, new organic compounds have recently been introduced in antifouling paint formulations, as either principal or booster biocides. In most cases, previous risk assessment of these... more
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      Immune responseEcotoxicologyAquatic ToxicologyApoptosis
Alpinia galanga is an important ingredient in various herbal formulations has reached extensive acceptability as therapeutic agents for several diseases. The investigation of authentic analytical methods, which can reliably profile the... more
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      PharmacologyPharmacyToxicologyPhytochemical Screening
Industrial wastes have a substantial impact on coastal environments. Therefore, to evaluate the impact of cooling water discharges from coastal power plants, we studied the kinetics of the degradative processes and the ecotoxicity of two... more
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      Marine BiologyEcotoxicologyKineticsMultidisciplinary
Cladocerans have long been used for toxicological assessments of a diverse range of substances. The use of cladocerans in toxicity tests has many advantages, such as their short life cycle, parthenogenetic reproduction (clones), and high... more
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      International organizationsDaphniaMultidisciplinaryLife Cycle
In 1997, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) led an effort to revise and expand the Common Toxicity Criteria (CTC) with the goal of integrating systemic agent, radiation, and surgical criteria into a comprehensive and standardized system.... more
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      RadiationRadiation TherapyCancer treatmentSide Effects
Labisia pumila (Myrsinaceae), is a popular herb among the women in Malaysia known locally as ''Kacip Fatimah". Recently many nutraceutical products containing the powdered or extracted parts of the plant have become available for women's... more
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      Health CareMalaysiaMedicinal PlantsLongevity
Background and purpose:Evidence indicates that the endocannabinoid, 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG), increases food intake when injected into the nucleus accumbens shell (NAcS), thereby potentially activating hypothalamic nuclei involved in... more
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      NeuromodulationBritishImmunohistochemistryEnzyme Inhibitors
In order to evaluate the toxicity of TiO 2 particles, the acute toxicity of nano-sized TiO 2 particles (25 and 80 nm) on adult mice was investigated compared with fine TiO 2 particles (155 nm). Due to the low toxicity, a fixed large dose... more
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      TitaniumSpleenKidneyLiver
The environmental fate of many of the additives in the deicing agents used at airports is poorly understood. One and two years after deicing activities ceased, soil and groundwater samples were taken at an abandoned airport. Benzotriazole... more
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      MultidisciplinaryOrganic carbonAcute ToxicityPropylene Glycol
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      MagneticBiodegradabilityAcute Toxicity
Context: Pithecellobium dulce (PD) is an annual herbaceous plant commonly used in African traditional medicine as a purgative, antipyretic, anti-ulcer and wound dressing agent. Aims: To evaluate the acute and sub-acute toxicity of P.... more
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      PharmacologyNatural ProductsBiological Activity Of Natural ProductsMedicinal Plants
Reducing environmental impacts and getting economic benefits, based on by-product recovery, and on reduction of both water consumption and organic load, was the aim of the implementation of an eco-efficiency process in a crispy chips... more
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      Environmental EngineeringCleaner ProductionPotatoEco-efficiency
To evaluate the toxicity of environmental chemicals to invertebrates, a static bioassay was developed in the laboratory using the Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans). First, reproducibility of this aquatic acute toxicity test system was... more
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      Caenorhabditis elegansHealth ScienceAcute ToxicityMedical and Health Sciences
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) parr were exposed to aluminium under both steady state and non-steady state chemical conditions in 21 2 alkaline water. Under alkaline (pH 9.5) steady state conditions, |350 mg Al l (predominantly aluminate,... more
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      Inorganic ChemistryWaterToxicityBlood Glucose
Light exposure of aqueous suspensions of prednisolone and dexamethasone causes their partial phototransformation. The photoproducts, isolated by chromatographic techniques, have been identified by spectroscopic means. Prednisolone,... more
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      PhotochemistryCrustaceaRotiferaMultidisciplinary
Chronic toxicity studies were performed with commercial phthalate esters and Duphniu mugnu (14 phthalates) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) (six phthalates). For the lower-molecular-weight phthalate esters-dimethyl phthalate (DMP),... more
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      Water PollutionBiological SciencesEnvironmental SciencesDep
Deoxynivalenol (DON), a trichothecene, is prevalent worldwide in crops used for food and feed production. The presence of mycotoxins in poultry feeds is a significant factor for financial losses to animal industries. Although DON is one... more
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      Food SafetyPoultry ScienceBiologyFood Consumption
We list the main weaknesses of fish acute toxicity tests and suggest that multi-factorial embryo tests could solve many of these issues.
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      EcotoxicologyRisk assessmentEnvironmental PollutionMultidisciplinary
The LD 50 of Z 7557 in mice was between 500 and 625 mg/kg after i.v. and around 2310 mg/kg after oral administration. The corresponding LD 10 was around 435 mg/kg (i.v.) or 1100-1250 mg/kg (p.o.), respectively. The LD 50 values in rats... more
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      KineticsMiceBone marrowRats
is an organophosphorous compound still largely used in agriculture and fish hatcheries. This pesticide is not quite selective and is potentially toxic for both vertebrates and invertebrates. Its mechanism of acute toxicity is the... more
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      FluorescenceAcetylcholinesteraseTryptophanCholinesterase inhibitors
Potassium permanganate is a chemical compound widely used in aquaculture for the control and removal of parasites, and in the prevention of diseases caused by bacteria and fungi. However, this compound can be toxic to fish, being a strong... more
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      ZoologyEcotoxicologyBiologyAquaculture
Two Kraft-pulp bleaching effluents from a sequence of treatments which include chlorine dioxide and caustic soda were treated by catalytic wet-air oxidation (CWAO) at T=463 K in trickle-bed and batch-recycle reactors packed with either... more
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      WaterEcotoxicologyCarbon DioxideCatalysis
Animal alternatives research has historically focused on human safety assessments and has only recently been extended to environmental testing. This is particularly for those assays that involve the use of fish. A number of alternatives... more
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      Decision MakingAquatic ToxicologyEnvironmental MonitoringRisk assessment
An acute toxicity study of three metals to Hydra species carried out using two different assessment methods, (i) determination of the LC50 and (ii) measurement of progressive morphological changes, demonstrated that relative toxicity... more
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      SymbiosisMultidisciplinaryCopperZinc
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      Acute ToxicityChronic Toxicity
We present herein a new herbal combination called Etana that is composed of five herbal extracts including Panax quinquelotius (Ginseng), Eurycoma longifolia (Tongkat Ali), Epimedium grandiflorum (Horny goat weed), Centella asiatica (Gotu... more
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      Erectile dysfunctionClinical SciencesHigh Pressure Liquid ChromatographyPlant extracts
The current study was conducted to determine the LC 50 value of ammonia-N as well as the effects of acute exposure to elevated ammonia on the haemolymph osmolality, ionic composition, ammonia-N and pH levels of early juvenile mud crabs,... more
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      PhysiologyZoologyCalciumNitrogen
Coagulation and subsequent chlorination are typically used for surface water treatment in order to produce potable water. Chitosan, a linear cationic polymer of high molecular weight, has recently been proposed for application in drinking... more
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      Chemical EngineeringAnalytical ChemistryDrinking Water TreatmentSurface Water
We present herein a new herbal combination called Etana that is composed of five herbal extracts including Panax quinquelotius (Ginseng), Eurycoma longifolia (Tongkat Ali), Epimedium grandiflorum (Horny goat weed), Centella asiatica (Gotu... more
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      AndrologyMedicineErectile dysfunctionSafety
Five treatments including control and four concentrations of water soluble fraction (WSFs) crude oil (5 ppm, 6 ppm, 8 ppm and 10 ppm) were made. Triplicate and ten fish of red tilapia with an average weight of 8g ± 1.5 were incubated for... more
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      HistologyWater PollutionAquatic Toxicity/EcotoxicologyAcute Toxicity
Alteration in behavioral patterns and histopathology of gill, kidney and liver were studied in Channa punctatus, after acute exposure to hexavalent chromium. The 96 h LC 50 of chromium salt, potassium dichromate was determined to be 41.75... more
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      ChromiumPotassiumFreshwater FishHexavalent Chromium
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      EcologyFisheries SciencesFisheries ecology and managementRecreational fishing
AbstractÐSodium bromide can be used to convert hypochlorous acid into hypobromous acid. An alternative strategy to biofouling control uses the simultaneous addition of sodium bromide and chlorine to water used for power plant condenser... more
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      WaterMultidisciplinaryPower PlantEnvironmental Impact
Propyl paraben (CAS no. 94-13-3) is a stable, non-volatile compound used as an antimicrobial preservative in foods, drugs and cosmetics for over 50 years. It is an ester of p-hydroxybenzoate. Propyl paraben is readily absorbed via the... more
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      MetabolismSafetyToxicityBehavioral Animal Models
The risks to non-target birds and other wildlife from the use of vertebrate pesticides, including anticoagulant rodenticides, are determined to a significant extent by species' intrinsic susceptibility, and the toxicokinetics of the... more
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      EcotoxicologyRisk assessmentPesticide ResiduesMammals
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      Aquatic ToxicologyTime-of-flight mass spectrometrySignal TransductionBiological Sciences
Purpose: To report tumor control and toxicity for patients treated with image-guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy (RT) for spinal metastases with high-dose single-fraction RT. Methods and Materials: A total of 103 consecutive spinal... more
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      Quality of lifeProspective studiesSpinal CordStatistical Significance
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      Food SafetyMedical and Veterinary EntomologyBiocidesPublic Health