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Jan 15, 2025
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CHEM 4850 - Introduction to Toxicology
Introduction to chemical, clinical, environmental, and forensic aspects of toxicology, types of poisions, how poisons act, treatment of acute poisoning, and control of poisonous materials.
Requisites: C- or better in (CHEM 4890 or 4901)
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes: - Understand and explain the general principles of biotransformations of xenobiotics
- Understand and explain the specific biotransformations of major classes of chemical functional groups.
- Understand the basics of pharmacokinetics (absorption, distribution, Metabolism and Excretion).
- Understand the five steps of toxicity (delivery, interaction, alteration of biological environment, perturbation of cell structure/function and repair/dysrepair).
- Understand the general principles of toxicology, such as the classification of toxic agents, dependence of toxic response, exposure, side effects, types of toxicity, interactions of chemicals, dose response and tolerance.
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