Exam 1 Flashcards
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study of the adverse effects of chemical, physical or biological agents on people, animals, and the environment
toxicology
who said, “the dose makes the poison”
Percelsus
Hazard x Exposure=
Risk
a substance that is foreign to the body or to an ecological system, usually a synthetic chemical
xenobiotic
any toxic substance usually used to denote substances made by humans
toxicant
toxic substances that are produced naturally by a living organisms such as plants, animals, fungi, or bacteria
toxins
Dose that gives 1/2 the maximal response
ED50 (effective dose)
Dose required to get 50% of the population to report a specific toxic effect
TD50 (toxic dose)
dose required to kill 50% of a population
LD50 (lethal dose)
Ratio of the dose required to produce a toxic effect to the dose need to elicit the desired therapeutic response
TI (therapeutic index)
TD1/ED99=
MOS: Margin of safety
<24 hrs of exposure (often only a single dose)
acute
repeated exposure for 1 month or less
subacute
repeated exposure for 1 to 3 months
subchronic
repeated exposure for >3 months
chronic
the amount or concentration of drug responsible for a given level of response
potency
the level of response a drug can elicit
efficacy
what does ADME stand for?
Absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination
Which in ADME: the transfer of a xenobiotic from the site of exposure into the systemic circulation
Absorption
Which in ADME: Xenobiotic reaching their site or sites of action
Distribution
Which in ADME: Xenobiotics are biotransformed thus increasing or decreasing toxicity
Metabolism
Which in ADME: Removal of xenobiotics from blood and their return to the extern environment
elimination
when repair is exceeded by dysfunction or when repair malfunctions toxicity can occur
toxicity
Transfer from site of exposure to systemic circulation; when lipid solubility increases this also increases
absorption