Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute
Toxicology Division
Xenobiotic Metabolism
- Intestinal disposition of xenobiotics, (2) Novel drug delivery systems, and (3) Effect of xenobiotics on placental fatty acid transport and metabolism.
- Development of a model for evaluating chemical vesicant protective agents by exposing mouse skin to mustard gas and using markers of skin damage (matrix metalloproteinases and skin laminins) to assess the extent of damage.
- Assessment of the metabolic basis of the toxicity and carcinogenicity of organic solvents and aromatic amines.
