Olufunsho Awodele, Alade Akintonwa, H. A. B. Coker

Genotoxic Assays of Environmental Pollutants and Therapeutic Agents

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The rising global incidence of cancer diseases as documented in recent reports of the World Health Organization (WHO) is an issue of serious concern, because the increase is occurring at a faster rate of 48 % in developed countries and 52 % in developing countries. It is estimated that the burden of cancer in these countries will increase to epidemic proportions in the 21st century. Dietary, lifestyle, environmental and chemical factors have been suspected to play significant roles in the occurrence of cancers. Thus, to guard the health of people against mutagenic/carcinogenic agents, it is important to have a short term testing method to be used in screening agents for their carcinogenic/mutagenic potentials. This book has shown positive modification of short term bacterial assay for the screening of environmental pollutants and therapeutic agents for their mutagenic potentials. It also elucidated the modulatory roles of antioxidants (vitamins C and E) on the mutagenicity and toxicities of rifampicin as there is increased risk of developing tuberculosis when there is poverty, HIV/AIDS and poor environmental hygiene.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 423g
• ISBN-13: 9783659322471
• ISBN-10: 3659322474
• Artikelnr.: 42003060

Autorenporträt

Dr Awodele is a Senior Lecturer & Consultant Toxicologist in the Dept of Pharmacology,University of Lagos.He is currently mentoring 3 PhD candidates in the field of Toxicology.He won Prof AFB Mabadeje¿s prize as the best M.Sc graduating student in 2004;best University of Lagos PhD thesis award in 2009 and best University of Lagos researcher in 2010