Toxicology
The research programme of Toxicology covers food toxicology and environmental toxicology. It concentrates on gaining insight in the mechanisms via which toxic compounds can induce adverse effects on the health of humans and other environmental organisms, either directly via food or indirectly via different exposure pathways related to environmental pollution
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Our courses
Toxicology provides a number of lecture series and practical courses for Environmental Sciences, Nutritional Sciences, Food Safety and Food Technology students. In addition Biology and Molecular Sciences students often attend Toxicology courses.
Latest publications
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Excreta emissions in progeny of low and high enteric methane yield selection line sheep fed pasture of different qualities
Animal Feed Science and Technology 257 (2019). - ISSN 0377-8401
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In vitro prenatal developmental toxicity induced by some petroleum substances is mediated by their 3- to 7-ring PAH constituent with a potential role for the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR)
Toxicology Letters 315 (2019). - ISSN 0378-4274 - p. 64 - 76.
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Biotransformation and bioactivation reactions – 2018 literature highlights
Drug Metabolism Reviews 51 (2019)2. - ISSN 0360-2532 - p. 121 - 161.