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Selective Toxicity
Adrien Albert
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Description for Selective Toxicity
Paperback. Num Pages: 763 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MMG; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1058.
This book is about selectively toxic agents. That is to say, it is about those substances that affect certain cells without harming others, even when they are close neighbours. Toxicity need not be fatal. It can be made easily reversible, as is the case with general anaesthetics. Selective toxicity covers an immense field: most of the drugs used for treating illness in man and his economic animals, as well as all of the fungicides, insecticides, and weed killers that are used in agriculture. Essentially, this book is a discussion of the physical and chemical means which contribute to selectivity, and ... Read more
This book is about selectively toxic agents. That is to say, it is about those substances that affect certain cells without harming others, even when they are close neighbours. Toxicity need not be fatal. It can be made easily reversible, as is the case with general anaesthetics. Selective toxicity covers an immense field: most of the drugs used for treating illness in man and his economic animals, as well as all of the fungicides, insecticides, and weed killers that are used in agriculture. Essentially, this book is a discussion of the physical and chemical means which contribute to selectivity, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Chapman and Hall United Kingdom
Number of pages
763
Condition
New
Number of Pages
750
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780412260209
SKU
V9780412260209
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Ref
99-15
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