| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Pharmacology and toxicology |
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Pharmacology & toxicology (Boca Raton, Fla.)
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| Contents |
Chapter 1 Techniques: In Vitro Perfusion of Human Placenta / Henning Schneider -- chapter 2 Alcohol, Placental Function, and Fetal Growth / George I. Henderson -- chapter 3 Smoking, Placental Function, and Fetal Growth / B.V. Rama Sastry and Victoria E. Janson -- chapter 4 Opioid Addiction, Placental Function, and Fetal Growth / B.V. Rama Sastry -- chapter 5 Opioid Receptors in Placenta and Their Functional Role / Mahmoud S. Ahmed -- chapter 6 Cocaine Addiction, Placental Function, and Fetal Growth / B. V Rama Sastry -- chapter 7 Placental Biogenic Amines and Their Transporters / Vadivel Ganapathy -- chapter 8 Renin-Angiotensin System in Placenta / Alan M. Poisner -- chapter 9 Placental Enzymes: Cytochrome P450s and Their Significance / Mont R. Juchau -- chapter 10 Placental Metabolism of Xenobiotics / Raymond D. Harbison -- chapter 11 HIV and the Placenta: Mechanisms of Transfer, Drug Therapy, and Drug Toxicity / Rodney J.Y. Ho, Conrad M. Pereira, and Jashvant D. Unadkat -- chapter 12 Environmental Agents and Placental Toxicity: Anticholinesterases and Other Insecticides / Ramesh C. Gupta |
| Summary |
"Placental Toxicology examines placental transfer and toxicology of drugs and environmental agents to placenta, as well as to fetus. For the first time in a single volume, placental and fetal consequences of exposure of pregnant women to drugs, environmental chemicals, and infections, such as HIV, are discussed. Topics include:The art of in vitro perfusion of human placentaAbuse of alcohol, nicotine, morphine, and cocaine during pregnancy, their placental transfer and fetal growth retardationPlacental transfer and fetal toxicities of environmental insecticidesPlacental hormones and fetal well-beingPlacental transfer of HIV and treatment of pregnant women with anti-HIV drugs"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Toxicology.
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Perinatology.
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Neonatology.
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Obstetrics.
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Gynecology.
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Women -- Health and hygiene.
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Placenta -- metabolism
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Placenta -- drug effects
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Substance-Related Disorders -- metabolism
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Toxicology
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Perinatology
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Neonatology
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Obstetrics
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Gynecology
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toxicology.
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Gynecology
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Neonatology
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Obstetrics
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Perinatology
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Toxicology
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Women -- Health and hygiene
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sastry, B. V. Rama
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| LC no. |
94027711 |
| ISBN |
9781439805527 |
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1439805520 |
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