Food and Nutritional Toxicology
Toxicology deals with the chemicals which show adverse effects on living things. Toxicology is an interdisciplinary course of various branches. The further the toxicology has been classified as:: Clinical Toxicology, Forensic toxicology, ecotoxicology, Occupational Toxicology, Environmental Toxicology, Regulatory Toxicology and Food Toxicology . The major biological factor influence toxicity is Adsorption, Distribution, Storage and Excretion. The factor adsorption is influenced by Type of Membrane, adsorption rate in the alimentary canal. Same as adsorption; Distribution is influenced by the volume of distribution. The storage means accumulation of a toxic substance, when it crosses the intermediate dose rate it leads to adverse effects in the organism. In Excretion, elimination of Toxic substance occurs through various routes urine, faeces , and exhaled air. Here toxicants present in food are detected through quantitate and qualitative analysis. ...