ABSTRACT

Food and Nutritional Toxicology provides a broad overview of the chemicals in food that have the potential to produce adverse health effects. The book covers the impact on human health of food containing environmental contaminants or natural toxicants, food additives, the migration of chemicals from packaging materials into foods, and the persisten

chapter 2|14 pages

General Principles of Toxicology

chapter 3|12 pages

Factors That Influence Toxicity

chapter 6|14 pages

Risk

chapter 8|16 pages

GI Tract Physiology and Biochemistry

chapter 9|30 pages

Metabolism and Excretion of Toxicants

chapter 10|12 pages

Food Intolerance and Allergy

chapter 11|16 pages

Bacterial Toxins

chapter 12|16 pages

Animal Toxins and Plant Toxicants

chapter 13|10 pages

Fungal Mycotoxins

chapter 14|10 pages

Macronutrients

chapter 15|16 pages

Parasites, Viruses, and Prions

chapter 16|18 pages

Insecticides

chapter 17|12 pages

Food Additives, Colors, and Flavors

chapter 18|12 pages

Food Irradiation