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    Toxicology has many branches that deal with the harmful effects of toxic substances on living organisms. Some of the main branches include clinical toxicology, which focuses on the effects of poisons on humans and animals. Environmental toxicology studies the impacts of chemicals, biological agents, and physical factors on populations and ecosystems. Forensic toxicology assists with investigations of death, poisoning, and drug use. The scope of toxicology includes applications in biomedicine, public health, regulatory standards, environmental protection, and clinical treatment of exposures.

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    Toxicology has many branches that deal with the harmful effects of toxic substances on living organisms. Some of the main branches include clinical toxicology, which focuses on the effects of poisons on humans and animals. Environmental toxicology studies the impacts of chemicals, biological agents, and physical factors on populations and ecosystems. Forensic toxicology assists with investigations of death, poisoning, and drug use. The scope of toxicology includes applications in biomedicine, public health, regulatory standards, environmental protection, and clinical treatment of exposures.

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    Toxicology has many branches that deal with the harmful effects of toxic substances on living organisms. Some of the main branches include clinical toxicology, which focuses on the effects of poisons on humans and animals. Environmental toxicology studies the impacts of chemicals, biological agents, and physical factors on populations and ecosystems. Forensic toxicology assists with investigations of death, poisoning, and drug use. The scope of toxicology includes applications in biomedicine, public health, regulatory standards, environmental protection, and clinical treatment of exposures.

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    Branches & Scope of

    Toxicology

    Dr. Nirbhay Kumar


    Asstt. Professor & Head
    Deptt. of Veterinary Pharmacology & Toxicology
    Bihar Veterinary College, Bihar Animal Sciences University, Patna
    Branches of
    Toxicology
    Clinical Toxicology

    It deals with the effects of


    poisons/ toxicants on human
    beings, animals and other living
    organisms, their diagnosis and
    treatment and methods for
    their detection etc.
    Environmental Toxicology (ENTOX)
    It is a multidisciplinary field of science concerned with the study
    of the harmful effects of various chemical, biological and physical
    agents on individual living organisms. It is not to be confused with
    ecotoxicology which is concerned on studying the harmful effects
    at the population and ecosystem levels.

    Rachel Carson is considered to have established


    environmental toxicology as a distinct field within
    toxicology in 1962, with the publication of her
    book Silent Spring, which covered the effects of
    uncontrolled pesticide use.
    Forensic Toxicology
    It is the use of toxicology and
    other disciplines such as
    analytical chemistry, pharmacology
    and clinical chemistry to aid
    medico-legal or vetero-legal
    investigation of death, poisoning,
    and drug use.
    Regulatory Toxicology
    It deals with the administrative functions
    concerned with the development and
    interpretation of the mandatory
    toxicology testing programmes and
    controlling the use, distribution and
    availability of chemicals used commercially
    and therapeutically. For example, Food
    and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates
    drugs, cosmetics and food additives.
    Nutritional Toxicology
    It is the study of toxicological aspects of food/ feed
    stuffs and nutritional habits.

    Aquatic Toxicology
    It deals with assessing the toxicity on aquatic organisms
    of chemicals discharged into marine and fresh water.
    Industrial Toxicology
    It deals with the clinical study of workers of industries
    and environment around them.

    Occupational Toxicology
    It deals with assessing the potential of adverse effects
    from chemicals in occupational environment and the
    recommendations of appropriate protective and
    precautionary measures.
    Geographical Toxicology
    It deals with the geographical distribution of toxicants/
    toxicity, e.g. poisonous plants, poisonous animals and
    minerals.

    Reproductive Toxicology
    It is the study of occurrence of adverse effects on the
    male or female reproductive system due to exposure to
    chemical or physical agents.
    Developmental Toxicology
    It is the study of adverse effects on the developing
    organisms occurring anytime during the life span of the
    organism due to exposure to chemical or physical agents
    before conception (either parent), during prenatal
    development or postnatally until the time of puberty.

    Genetic Toxicology
    It deals with the study of interaction of toxicants with
    the process of heredity.
    Toxicokinetics
    It refers to the process of absorption, distribution,
    biotransformation and excretion of toxicants in relation
    to time, i.e. what the body does to the poison with relation
    to time.
    Toxicodynamics
    It refers to the study of biochemical and physiological
    effects of toxicants and their mechanisms of action and
    comprises the sequence of events following interaction of
    the toxicants with target molecules.
    Scope of
    Toxicology
    Biomedical
     Mechanisms of actions
     Effects of exposure
     Understanding biological responses through
    model toxic compounds

    Public Health
     Recognition and identification of hazards
     Occupational exposure
     Development and use of pesticides
    Regulatory
     Development of exposure standards
     Detection methods

    Environmental
     Chemical effects on plants, animals & ecosystems

    Clinical
     Development of antidotes & treatments
     Recognition of exposure
    Thank You

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