Modes of toxin action (CONT.)
-Nutritional toxicology
: effect of diet on the expression of toxicity.
-Carcinogenesis
: chemical, biochemical & molecular events that lead to large number of cell growth.
-Mutagenesis
: toxic effect on genetic material & the inheritance.
-Organ toxicity
: effects at the level of organ function
eg> neurotoxicity, hepatotoxicity, nephrotoxicity.