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Toxin

Known as: Biological Toxins, Toxins, Toxins, Biological [Chemical/Ingredient] 
A chemical, physical, or biological agent that causes disease or some alteration of the normal structure and function of an organism. Usually refers… 
National Institutes of Health

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Animal toxinBacterial ToxinsCardiotoxinsCobra Cardiotoxin Proteins
AntidoteAntitoxinsIn BloodNoxae

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Biological FactorsPoisons

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Review
2011
Review
2011
Microplastics in the marine environment.
  • A. Andrady
  • Marine pollution bulletin
  • 2011
  • Corpus ID: 27082723
Review
2011
Review
2011
Biochar effects on soil biota – A review
Review
2010
Review
2010
IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans
  • A. Zuckerman
  • IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic…
  • 2010
  • Corpus ID: 43278761
Viral hepatitis in all its forms is a major public health problem throughout the world, affecting several hundreds of millions of… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
The mechanisms of alloxan- and streptozotocin-induced diabetes
  • S. Lenzen
  • Diabetologia
  • 2007
  • Corpus ID: 206872650
Alloxan and streptozotocin are toxic glucose analogues that preferentially accumulate in pancreatic beta cells via the GLUT2… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Cryopyrin activates the inflammasome in response to toxins and ATP
A crucial part of the innate immune response is the assembly of the inflammasome, a cytosolic complex of proteins that activates… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Suppression of Reactive Oxygen Species and Neurodegeneration by the PGC-1 Transcriptional Coactivators
Review
2003
Review
2003
Review on uremic toxins: classification, concentration, and interindividual variability.
BACKGROUND The choice of the correct concentration of potential uremic toxins for in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo experiments… 
Review
1993
Review
1993
Biological roles of oligosaccharides: all of the theories are correct
  • A. Varki
  • Glycobiology
  • 1993
  • Corpus ID: 2554851
Abstract Many different theories have been advanced concerning the biological roles of the oligosaccharide units of individual… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
Tissue destruction by neutrophils.
  • S. Weiss
  • The New England journal of medicine
  • 1989
  • Corpus ID: 28787292
WITH increasing frequency, the human neutrophil is being implicated as a mediator of tissue-destructive events in inflammatory… 
Review
1980
Review
1980
Cell death: the significance of apoptosis.
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