GENERAL TOXICOLOGY

Academic Year 2019/2020 - 2° Year - Curriculum Tossicologia dell'Ambiente e degli Alimenti
Teaching Staff: Santina CHIECHIO
Credit Value: 8
Scientific field: BIO/14 - Pharmacology
Taught classes: 56 hours
Term / Semester:

Learning Objectives

  • To provide students with the basic knowledge of toxicology.
  • To present the main classes of potentially toxic substances.
  • To provide pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic concepts that characterize the toxicological profile and mechanism of action of xenobiotics.

Course Structure

Face-to-face lectures


Detailed Course Content

Principles of toxicology
Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic concepts that characterize the toxicological profile and mechanism of action of xenobiotics.


Textbook Information

  1. Casaret and Doull's TOXICOLOGY: The Basic Science of Poisons, Ed. McGraw-Hill