BISC 313 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Hepatocyte, Xenobiotic, Toxicant

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Pathway to showcase the end results of the toxicant. Liver has pigments, hepatocytes, and sinusoids in their tissues: power houses for detoxification & metabolism (hepatocytes, detox enzymes. Ecotoxicological effects assessment (similar principles also apply to human toxicological effects) Combination of analysis and inference of possible consequences of the exposure to a particular agent based on knowledge of the dose-effect relationship with that agent in a particular organism, system or (sub) population. ** reason why years of research is required b/c need to understand what the normal behaviour of the animals are to pinpoint if there is an adverse effect. Conservation of many biomolecules and organs among vertebrates, and even some across invertebrate and vertebrate taxa. Some extrapolation uncertainty between organisms: must have good knowledge of the organisms in order to extrapolate data from one organism to another (i. e. functions/ components of liver) Ecotoxicology effects analysis: e. g. of endpoints >/= population level.

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