[ noun ] the branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature and effects and treatments of poisons <noun.cognition>
Toxicology \Tox`i*col"o*gy\, n. [Gr. toxiko`n poison + -logy; cf. F. toxicologie. See {Toxic}. ] The science which treats of poisons, their effects, antidotes, and recognition; also, a discourse or treatise on the science.
This step-by-step method is "the best answer anybody's come up with yet" to ensure food safety, Joseph Hotchkiss, an associate professor of food chemistry and toxicology at Cornell University said during a telephone interview Tuesday.
Iran began trying to buy the fungus last December when a man identified in intelligence files only as Mr. Moallem got in touch with Dr. H. Bruno Schiefer, director of the toxicology research center at the University of Saskatchewan.
She said a full toxicology report would be completed later this week.
We look at strength, oral activity, duration of action, the toxicology and genotoxicity. 'We also make sure that the molecule is metabolised in man.
Guglielmoni said the CHP report, plus toxicology tests voluntarily taken by Cang to check for traces of drugs or alcohol, will be forwarded to the San Mateo County district attorney's office for review.
Its forensic toxicology lab had conducted tests on cockpit crews involved in most serious U.S. plane crashes, and the National Transportation Safety Board had often considered its results in attempting to determine the cause of crashes.
Wellcome financed clinical trials and conducted tests of AZT's toxicology and pharmacology; that the company stood on so many shoulders in making the product further heated up the pricing debate.
In June 1986, the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology reported to FAA officials that CAMI's forensic toxicology laboratory lacked certain safeguards, and it urged that the lab undergo proficiency testing by an outside group.
"It made us think the problem might be more common than we suspected," said Dr. Graef, head of the hospital's lead and toxicology clinic.
Sixty percent of the experiments cause no suffering to the animal, and in 32% of cases, animals receive pain-killing drugs or anesthesia, according to Stephen Smith, a senior scientist with the AMA Department of Drugs division of drugs and toxicology.