Chemical Toxicities/Effects

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Chemical

Effects

b mercaptoethanol

Reduces disulfide bonds.

2,4 dinitrophenol (DNP)

Uncouples ATP synthesis from ETC.

Acetaminophen

Hepatotoxic.

Aflatoxin

Hepatocellular CA.

Alcohol

FAS (Teratogen).

Aniline dye

Transitional cell CA of bladder.

Antimyoin


Arsenic

Angiosarcoma of Liver. SCC.

Asbestos

Primary Lung CA. Mesothelioma.

Benzene

Acute leukemia. Aplastic anemia. AML.

Benzidine

Transitional cell CA of bladder.

Bungarotoxin (cobra venom)

Ach receptor perturbants.

Cadmium

Prostate CA. Lung CA.

Carbon tetrachloride

Liver damage.

Carboxypeptidase

Carboxy terminus determination of protein structure.

Chewing tobacco

Verrucous CA of mouth.

Chloramphenicol

Aplastic anemia. Gray baby syndrome.

Chromium

Lung CA.

Chymotrypsin

Cleaves protein at Phe, Tyr, Trp.

CNBr

Cleaves protein at Met.

CO

Shifts ODC to left. Inhibits complex IV of ETC blocking ATP synthesis.

Cocaine

Teratogen.

Cyanide

Inhibits complex IV of ETC blocking ATP synthesis.

Cyclophosphamide

Transitional cell CA of bladder.

Diabetes

Teratogen.

Diethylstilbesterol

Clear cell adenocarcinoma. Teratogen.

Edmund's reagent

Amino terminus determination of protein structure.

Ellman's Acid

Quantitative determination of amino acids.

Ethylene glycol; antifreeze

Oxalate crystals in renal tubules.

FDNB

Amino terminus determination of protein structure.

Heroin

Teratogen.

Iron

Gastritis. Hepatic necrosis.

Lead

Microcytic anemia; blocks heme synthesis.

Lithium

Teratogen.

Methanol; windshield washer fluid

Blindness.

Naphtylene


Nickel

Lung CA.

Ninhydrin

Detects amino acids (prolineÞyellow).

Nitrosamines

Esophageal CA. Gastric CA.

Oligomycin

Inhibitor of ATP synthesis from ETC.

Oral contraceptives

Hepatocellular CA. Liver cell adenoma. Blocks Folate absorption.

Phenacetin

Transitional cell CA of bladder.

Rotenone

Inhibits complex I of ETC blocking ATP synthesis.

Salicylates

Respiratory alkalosis. Metabolic acidosis.

Smoke

SCC of lung, oral, esophagus. Transitional cell CA of bladder. Adenocarcinoma of pancreas. Teratogen.

Succinyl choline

Ach receptor perturbants.

Thalidomide

Teratogen.

Thorotrast

Angiosarcoma of Liver.

Trypsin

Cleaves protein at Arg, Lys.

Uranium

Lung CA.

Vinyl chloride

Angiosarcoma of Liver.

Warfarin

Teratogen.


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