Section 1: Key Points
What We've Covered
In this section, we covered several important concepts:
In the next section, we will explore the concept of dose and its importance to toxicology in greater detail.
What We've Covered
In this section, we covered several important concepts:
- Toxicology is the study of adverse effects of chemicals and physical agents on living organisms.
- A xenobiotic is a foreign substance taken into the body.
- A toxic agent is any chemical, physical, or biological agent that can produce an adverse biological effect.
- Toxic substances can be systemic toxicants, which affect the entire body or multiple organs, or organ toxicants, which affect a specific organ or tissues.
- The dose of a substance is the most important determinant of toxicity.
In the next section, we will explore the concept of dose and its importance to toxicology in greater detail.