LF:BVTO0311p Med. toxicology -l. - Course Information
BVTO0311p Medical toxicology - lecture
Faculty of Medicineautumn 2020
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- RNDr. Ondřej Zvěřina, Ph.D. (lecturer)
RNDr. Danuše Lefnerová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Pavel Coufalík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Veronika Išová (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- RNDr. Ondřej Zvěřina, Ph.D.
Department of Public Health – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: MVDr. Halina Matějová
Supplier department: Department of Public Health – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine - Timetable
- Thu 13:00–14:40 A21/112
- Prerequisites
- BVBC0221p Biochemistry -lect. || VSBC0221p Biochemistry I -lect. && BVEK011p Ecology
Prerequisites: biochemistry - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Nutritive therapist (programme LF, B-SZ)
- Dietitian (programme LF, B-NUT)
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the basics of general toxicology: pathways of exposure, internal exposure, metabolism; genetic polymorphism affecting susceptibility to chemical exposure. Excretion. Effects of exposure to chemicals, detection methods;
In a special section of medical toxicology, they become acquainted with selected chemical substances contaminating food chains, forms of population exposure, their effects in the organism, and prevention options. - Learning outcomes
- At the end of the course student is able to describe the main contaminants in the environment and mechanism of their action on human health.
- Syllabus
- Environmental chemical contaminants - problems, world catastrophes. Intake, uptake in toxicology. Anti-chemical defense systems in the human body. Metabolism of chemicals, the role of microsomal enzymes. Genetic determination of the differences in the metabolism of xenobiotics, the effects on human sussceptibility to chemicals. The methods of experimental studies in toxicology, interpretation of their results for the human exposure. Polychlorinated hydrocarbons: DDT, PCB, PCDD, PCDF: toxicology, control. Heavy metals: Hg, Pb, Cd, As, Cr: toxicology, control. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and their nitroso-derivates: toxicology, control. Pesticides, natural pesticides.
- Literature
- recommended literature
- LINHART, Igor. Toxikologie : interakce škodlivých látek s živými organismy, jejich mechanismy, projevy a důsledky. 2., upravené a rozšířen. Praha: Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická v Praze, 2014, 410 stran. ISBN 9788070808771. info
- PROKEŠ, Jaroslav. Základy toxikologie : obecná toxikologie a ekotoxikologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2005, 248 s. ISBN 802461085X. info
- not specified
- F.C. LU: Basic toxicology. Taylor, Francis (Ed), Washington, 1996. ISBN 1-56032-380-9
- Teaching methods
- Lectures.
- Assessment methods
- Oral exam
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 15. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Enrolment Statistics (autumn 2020, recent)
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