Short Term Bioassays in the Analysis of Complex Environmental Mixtures V

• Author : Shahbeg S. Sandhu
• Publisher : Springer
• Release : 06 July 1987

• Author : Jacqueline L. Robertson,N. E. Savin,Haiganoush K. Preisler
• Publisher : CRC Press
• Release : 14 June 2007

Providing clear examples of the use of state-of-the-art computer programs for analyses of bioassay data, Bioassays with Arthropods, Second Edition explains the statistical basis and analysis for each kind of quantal response bioassay. The first edition was a must-have reference for designing, conducting, and interpreting bioassays: this comp

• Author : Amos Navon,K. R. S. Ascher
• Publisher : CABI
• Release : 01 January 2000

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.

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : ASTM International
• Release : 06 July 1980

• Author : Donat Hader,Gilmar Erzinger
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release : 27 October 2017

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

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 06 July 1974

• Author : Shiqi Peng,Ming Zhao
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release : 09 November 2009

The definitive compendium of bioassay procedures and applications A virtual encyclopedia of key bioassay protocols, this up-to-date, essential resource reviews the methods and applications of bioassays that quantify drug activity and evaluate the validity of pharmacological models. Demonstrating the specific ways in which various pharmaceutical bioassays interpret the activity of drug molecules, the book covers the evaluation and screening of drug compounds in a wide spectrum of therapeutic categories. Throughout, the authors use various models to link experimental observations with

• Author : J Chayen,Lucille Bitensky
• Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
• Release : 22 October 2013

Cytochemical Bioassays: Techniques and Clinical Applications describes the techniques and clinical applications of cytochemical bioassays, particularly with respect to polypeptide hormones. This book discusses the clinical and research implications of studies that use these techniques. This text is comprised of 14 chapters; the first of which introduces the reader to the origins and general principles of cytochemical bioassays, along with their advantages. This discussion is followed by a chapter that explains what is meant by ""an assay""; for what purpose assays

• Author : Michael Waters,Stephen Nesnow,Joellen L. Huisingh,Shahbeg S. Sandhu,Larry Claxton
• Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
• Release : 06 December 2012

More than one hundred short-term bioassays are now available for detecting the toxicity, mutagenicity, and potential carcinogenicity of chemicals. These bioassays were developed and validated with individual compounds, and their principal application was perceived to be in evaluating the health hazard of such materials. However, man is rarely exposed to single chemicals; his exposure to hazardous chemicals is more commonly a multifactorial phenomenon. Although chemical analysis can be used to detect known hazardous compounds, it would be a staggering and

• Author : Michael Waters
• Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
• Release : 11 November 2013

With this proceedings of the fourth symposium on complex mixtures, we continue to revise and extend our knowledge of genetic methods for the evaluation of chemical mixtures in the environment. The early chapters of this volume are devoted to new bioassay techniques that are directly applicable to the monitoring of environments contaminated with genotoxic chemicals. Microbiological methods have been further refined to meet the special needs of atmospheric monitoring so that very small samples may now be efficiently tested. New

• Author : Thomas M. Dillon
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 06 July 1994

Sediment toxicity bioassays may be required in the regulatory evaluation of dredged material. Use of these tests in a major regulatory program implies they have been fully developed. This is not always true. Some bioassays are intuitively more appropriate and more advanced than others. Judging their relative developmental status, however, has been difficult because of a lack of guidance. To meet this need, input from users and developers of sediment bioassays was solicited over a 2-year period. That input is

• Author : David Z. Gerhart
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 06 July 1980

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 06 July 1987

• Author : Michael D. Waters
• Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
• Release : 06 December 2012

In the four years since the 1978 Symposium on the Application of Short-Term Bioassays in the Fractionation and Analysis of Complex Environmental Mixtures the use of short-term bioassays to evaluate potential health hazards of complex environmental mixtures has substantially increased. Increased research activity has been particularly noticeable in mobile source emissions, where initial observations on the mutagenic activity of diesel particulate extracts reported at the 1978 symposium stimulated the development of major research programs in government and industry. In the absence of

• Author : Andrew Wallace Hayes,R. Craig Schnell,Tom S. Miya
• Publisher : Elsevier Science & Technology
• Release : 06 July 1983