Course Description

Pharmacology and Toxicology 356a/b Introductory Toxicology

Fundamentals of how chemicals produce toxicity in biological systems with application of underlying principles in environmental control and chemical poisoning. Included are aspects of dose-response relationship; physiological and biochemical processes involved in handling of toxicants following exposure; mechanisms of toxic action and their modification by chemical, environmental and biological factors.

Prerequisite: Biochemistry 280a (formerly Biology 280a) and Chemistry 213a/b or 226a/b, or the permission of the Department.

2 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour, half-course.

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