Thursday, January 3, 2013

Lead toxicity (cont.)


































http://www.altmedrev.com/publications/11/1/2.pdf

Hypoxic effect - "deficiency in the amount of oxygen that reaches the tissues of the body"  from http://lungcancer.about.com/od/Respiratory-Symptoms/a/Hypoxia.htm

Xenobiotics - "a chemical compound (as a drug, pesticide, or carcinogen) that is foreign to a living organism" from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/xenobiotic

Endogenous agonist - "an endogenous agonist for a particular receptor is a compound naturally produced by the body which binds to and activates that receptor." from http://dictionary.sensagent.com/endogenous+agonist/en-en/

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