Sentences with phrase «toxic effects in human»

Lectins are proteins with direct toxic effects in the human gastrointestinal tract.

«With this approach, we found that we can attenuate or prevent the downstream toxic effects in human dopaminergic neurons.»

Remember, Greger shared the science demonstrating that glyphosate (not RoundUp) had very little toxic effect in humans.

Dogs are more sensitive than humans to drugs that are toxic to the liver, and Tylenol is known to have toxic effects in humans.

Not exact matches

Chocolate contains alkaloids such as theobromine and phenethylamine, which have physiological effects in humans, but the presence of theobromine renders it toxic to some animals, such as dogs and cats.

The researchers performed a series of in - depth follow - up experiments to look at factors influencing the toxic effects of HES on cultured human PTCs.

The effects, of course, were most severe in Iceland; ultimately, more than 75 percent of Icelands livestock and 25 percent of its human population died from famine or the toxic impact of the Laki eruption clouds.

It was eggshell thinning that devastated fish - eating birds and birds of prey, says Fry, and this effect is well documented in a report (pdf) on DDT published in 2002 by the Department of Health and Human Services» Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).

However, these transporters may also carry protons or hydroxide ions, which could disrupt pH homeostasis in the human body and lead to undesired toxic effects.

An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Bayreuth has now discovered that there are arsenic compounds which have a toxic effect on plants and yet had not previously been considered in connection with chemical analyses of rice and the estimated health risks for humans.

Just like in humans, too much alcohol has a toxic effect on a fly.

The Environmental Toxicology degree options in the University of Washington Department of Environmental and Occupational Health prepares students to investigate and communicate the effects of toxic agents on human health and the environment.

One such troubling example is Colistin, an antibiotic from the 1950s, which had never been widely used in humans due to toxic side - effects; however, in recent years it has been rediscovered as a last - resort antibiotic against multi-resistant bugs.

The research is part of the Lab's iCHIP (in - vitro Chip - Based Human Investigational Platform) project, which replicates human systems on engineered platforms to test the effects of toxic chemical and biological compoHuman Investigational Platform) project, which replicates human systems on engineered platforms to test the effects of toxic chemical and biological compohuman systems on engineered platforms to test the effects of toxic chemical and biological compounds.

Moreover, as pointed out by Johnston et al. [17], the increasing importance of Ag - NPs in the development of novel consumer materials intended for human exposure requires more in depth studies on toxicity mechanisms, as well as, on how silver particles interact with biological molecules and how different surface modifications can be used to reduce or eliminate possible toxic effects.

We've got formaldehyde (a probable human carcinogen), mercury (a neurotoxin and the second most toxic substance known to man), aluminum (a known neurotoxin, 75 % of which is retained in a newborn and up to 40 % in an adult and is stored in the kidneys, spleen, liver, heart, brain, lymph nodes, and muscle), cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (a hazardous substance), MSG (a neurotoxin), 2 - Phenoxyethoanol (a hazardous toxin), and polysorbate 80 (a toxin associated with serious adverse effects including death), to name a few.

Fact is, toxicological studies of the effects of algae (primarily spirulina) consumption on humans and animals, including feeding as much as 800mg / kg, and replacing up to 60 % of protein intake with algae sources, have shown no toxic effects, and in contrast, algae intake has actually been found to prevent damage caused by toxins that affect the heart, liver, kidneys, neurons, eyes, ovaries, DNA, and testicles.

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Even though xylitol has been shown to be safe for both human and cat consumption, it has severe toxic effects in dogs.

Dogs are very different in the way they metabolise drugs and many human drugs can be toxic or have undesirable side effects.

While there is no clear evidence that they cause cancer in humans, their various harmful effects in lab animals were enough to prompt the Environmental Protection Agency to designate some 200 miles of the Hudson as a Superfund toxic site 25 years ago.

Although inorganic Hg species have severe health effects on humans, methylmercury is thought to be the highly toxic species involved in bioaccumulation in aquatic food chains.