Bioassays

Bioassays

Author: Donat Hader

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2017-10-19

Total Pages: 475

ISBN-13: 0128118903

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Bioassays: Advanced Methods and Applications provides a thorough understanding of the applications of bioassays in monitoring toxicity in aquatic ecosystems. It reviews the newest tests and applications in discovering compounds and toxins in the environment, covering all suitable organisms, from bacteria, to microorganisms, to higher plants, including invertebrates and vertebrates. By learning about newer tests, water pollution control testing can be less time and labor consuming, and less expensive. This book will be helpful for anyone working in aquatic environments or those who need an introduction to ecotoxicology or bioassays, from investigators, to technicians and students. - Features chapters written by internationally renowned researchers in the field, all actively involved in the development and application of bioassays - Gives the reader an understanding of the advantages and deficiencies of available tests - Addresses the problem of understanding the impact of toxins in an aquatic environment and how to assess them


Bioassay Techniques for Drug Development

Bioassay Techniques for Drug Development

Author: Atta-ur-Rahman

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2001-10-04

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 1135287228

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The goal of an activity-directed isolation process is to isolate bioactive compounds which may provide structural leads of therapeutic importance. Whereas the traditional process of drug development is long and expensive, simple and rapid bioassays can serve as the starting point for drug discovery. This book presents a range of "bench top" bioassa


Issues in Risk Assessment

Issues in Risk Assessment

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1993-02-01

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 0309047862

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The scientific basis, inference assumptions, regulatory uses, and research needs in risk assessment are considered in this two-part volume. The first part, Use of Maximum Tolerated Dose in Animal Bioassays for Carcinogenicity, focuses on whether the maximum tolerated dose should continue to be used in carcinogenesis bioassays. The committee considers several options for modifying current bioassay procedures. The second part, Two-Stage Models of Carcinogenesis, stems from efforts to identify improved means of cancer risk assessment that have resulted in the development of a mathematical dose-response model based on a paradigm for the biologic phenomena thought to be associated with carcinogenesis.


Small-scale Freshwater Toxicity Investigations

Small-scale Freshwater Toxicity Investigations

Author: Christian Blaise

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-01-16

Total Pages: 431

ISBN-13: 1402035535

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This broad review is the first to gather comprehensive information on the complete contemporary range of toxicity testing procedures and hazard assessment procedures, which is normally scattered and difficult to find. The two-volume set provides a consistent, template-based approach, linking relevant information on background, theory and practice to each bioassay. Volume 2 examines hazard assessment schemes. Includes extensive glossary.


Measures of Environmental Performance and Ecosystem Condition

Measures of Environmental Performance and Ecosystem Condition

Author: National Academy of Engineering

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1999-06-02

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 0309522331

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When Cleveland's Cuyahoga River caught fire in 1969, no environmental measurements were necessary to know the seriousness of the problem. Incidents like the Cuyahoga fire raise an important question: Can catastrophes-in-the-making be detected early enough to be prevented? For those in industry, such disasters point to the need for measures that can improve the environmental performance of processes, products, business practices, and linked industrial systems. In Measures of Environmental Performance and Ecosystem Condition, experts share their insights on environmental metrics. The volume explores the most productive relationship between measures of environmental performance and measures of ecosystem conditions. It reviews current approaches, evaluates structures for business decisionmaking, and includes a matrix for determining the environmental performance of industrial facilities. Case studies include: Development and application of a water-quality rating scheme for streams and reservoirs in the Tennessee Valley. Three years of successful experience with waste metrics at 3M. The book covers the range of environmental performance and condition metrics, from the use of material flow data to monitor environmental performance at the national level to the use of bioassays to measure the toxicity of industrial effluents. This book offers something for everyone--policymakers, executives, engineers, managers, and advocates--with a stake in the measurement of environmental performance and ecological conditions.


Bioanalytical Tools in Water Quality Assessment

Bioanalytical Tools in Water Quality Assessment

Author: Beate Escher

Publisher: IWA Publishing

Published: 2011-12-15

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1843393689

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Part of Water Quality Set - Buy all four books and save over 30% on buying separately! Bioanalytical Tools in Water Quality Assessment reviews the application of bioanalytical tools to the assessment of water quality including surveillance monitoring. The types of water included range from wastewater to drinking water, including recycled water, as well as treatment processes and advanced water treatment. Bioanalytical Tools in Water Quality Assessment not only demonstrates applications but also fills in the background knowledge in toxicology/ecotoxicology needed to appreciate these applications. Each chapter summarises fundamental material in a targeted way so that information can be applied to better understand the use of bioanalytical tools in water quality assessment. Bioanalytical tools in Water Quality Assessment can be used by lecturers teaching academic and professional courses and also by risk assessors, regulators, experts, consultants, researchers and managers working in the water sector. It can also be a reference manual for environmental engineers, analytical chemists, and toxicologists. Authors: Beate Escher, National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology (EnTox), The University of Queensland, Australia, Frederic Leusch, Smart Water Research Facility (G51), Griffith University Gold Coast Campus, Australia. With contributions by Heather Chapman and Anita Poulsen


Pesticidal Pollution of Environment and Control

Pesticidal Pollution of Environment and Control

Author: K. V. Paliwal

Publisher: M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 614

ISBN-13: 9788185880235

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In this annotated bibliography, an attempt has been made to summarise the international research experience up to date covering various aspects of environmental degradation, by pesticides and organic chemicals and its control. Broadly, it enlists adsorption-desorption behaviour of soils; microbial activity, degradation and bio-remedition; soil, water and atmospheric pollution; agricultural activity; crop rotation; climate run off and water pollution; disease, pest control and plant protection measures.


Bioassays of Entomopathogenic Microbes and Nematodes

Bioassays of Entomopathogenic Microbes and Nematodes

Author: Amos Navon

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2000-01-01

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780851999203

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This volume provides background theory and practical protocols for bioassays of bacteria, viruses, fungi and nematodes that can be used as biological control agents against insect pests of agricultural and medical importance.