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    This book provides information on drug toxicity aimed at undergraduate and graduate pharmacy students. It covers major issues and target organs for drug-induced toxicity but not every aspect of the topic. The 12 chapters were written by different academic and industry contributors and include topics like mechanisms of toxicity, organ toxicity, clinical toxicology, and safety assessment. In less than 300 words, the book gives a concise overview of pharmaceutical toxicology for students in a supplemental or reference text.

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    This book provides information on drug toxicity aimed at undergraduate and graduate pharmacy students. It covers major issues and target organs for drug-induced toxicity but not every aspect of the topic. The 12 chapters were written by different academic and industry contributors and include topics like mechanisms of toxicity, organ toxicity, clinical toxicology, and safety assessment. In less than 300 words, the book gives a concise overview of pharmaceutical toxicology for students in a supplemental or reference text.

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    J Pharm Pharmaceut Sci (www. cspsCanada.

    org) 9 (2): 270, 2006

    BOOK REVIEW

    Pharmaceutical Toxicology,
    Nulder, G.J. and Dencker, L., Pharmaceutical In summary, this book gives enough
    Press, London, UK, 2006 authentic information to meet the needs of
    undergraduates and graduate students in
    The book covers topics in drug toxicity and is pharmaceutical sciences. This book may be useful for
    aimed at students in pharmacy at the undergraduate supplemental readings in a therapeutics or
    and graduate level. The preface states that the book pharmacology course as well. It is also suitable as a
    is not meant to cover every aspect of drug toxicity. reference book for biologists, toxicologists,
    The authors have chosen a limited number of areas pharmacologists, clinicians and a variety of students
    that address the major issues and target organs for who wish to obtain additional knowledge of
    drug-induced toxicity. pharmaceutical toxicology.

    Twelve contributors representing academic


    and nonacademic clinicians and scientists are Ayman O.S. El-Kadi
    acknowledged. There are 13 chapters in this book
    and each chapter has a different author. There are Faculty of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences,
    several figures, tables, and illustrations throughout 3126 Dentistry/ Pharmacy Centre, University of
    Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2N8
    the text. Each chapter is subdivided into sections
    E-mail: aelkadi@pharmacy.ualberta.ca
    with clear and informative headings. Further
    readings are listed at the end of each chapter which
    is adequate to cater the needs of an ambitious reader
    interested in getting additional information.

    The first chapter focuses on the basic


    principles in toxicology necessary for
    understanding how toxicity data are used in safety
    assessment of drugs for human use. In the second
    chapter, the major route of drug metabolism was
    briefly discussed. A few examples of metabolism-
    mediated toxic effects are also provided.

    Chapters 3, 4, 5 and 6 describe the


    molecular and cellular mechanisms of toxicity,
    teratology or developmental toxicology, genetic
    toxicology and the mechanisms behind different
    types of genetic alterations, and the mechanisms of
    carcinogenicity and the assessment of the potential
    carcinogenicity of drugs.

    Chapters 7, 8, 9 and 10 focus on the organ


    toxicity of drugs. Toxicity in the liver, the kidney,
    the respiratory system and the immune system are
    discussed. Chapter 11 deals with general aspects of
    clinical toxicology with special emphasis on
    antidote treatment. The main focus of this chapter is
    drug poisoning but not chemical or natural toxins.
    Safety assessment of pharmaceuticals and
    pharmaco-vigilance are addressed in chapters 12
    and 13.

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