Molecular Toxicology

The science of toxicology has progressed considerably since Molecular Toxicology was first published in 1997. New advances in biochemical and molecular biological experimental techniques have helped researchers understand the precise effects of toxins and foreign compounds on living things at the molecular, cellular, and organismal levels. Breakthrough research has recently been completed illuminating the human genome and the role of enzymes in toxic biochemical reaction mechanisms. Toxicology now covers drug metabolism and design, carcinogenisis, programmed cell death, and DNA repair, among other subjects. The second edition captures these and other advances, and broadens its scope to address the experimental science of toxicology. The first edition of Molecular Toxicology has become an indispensable resource for graduate students in molecular and biochemical toxicology courses, as well as academic researchers and industrial researchers in toxicology. Rigorously updated and revised, the new edition commands an unrivaled authority in the field of molecular toxicology. This book presents the biochemical and molecular biological fundamentals underlying toxicology and drug metabolism. It covers xenobiotic biotransformation; reactive intermediates and their interactions with macromolecules; cloning, expressiong, and analysis of enzymes of biotransformation; and molecular toxicology of aromatic amines, nirosamines, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, chlorinated compounds. This book presents the biochemical and molecular biological fundamentals underlying toxicology and drug metabolism. It covers xenobiotic biotransformation; reactive intermediates and their interactions with macromolecules; cloning, expressiong, and analysis of enzymes of biotransformation; and molecular toxicology of aromatic amines, nirosamines, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, chlorinated compounds. This book presents the biochemical and molecular biological fundamentals