Toxins
causes allergic reactions to certain people
Phototoxins
what poison smells like peaches or almonds?
cyanide
who is the father of toxicology?
Paracelsus
what is toxicology?
Toxicology is the study of harmful chemicals and poisons, and the effects that it has on people.
Harms red blood cells and causes tissue damage
Hemotoxins
What is a plant that is fatal if you eat it or breathe it in?
ricin
What did Paracelsus put in medicine?
chemicals
what is a toxin?
Toxins are substances created by animals, germs, and plants that hurt humans.
Cause tissue damage and destroy cells
Necrotoxins
An element if you eat it you will have rashes and more.
Arsenic
Who is the founder of toxicology?
Mathieu Orfila
What is Poison?
A substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or hurt your health.
effects nervous system
Neurotoxins
What is a man made trying that affects your nerves.
VX
Who was a Spanish Chemist and scholar in the 19th century?
Mathieu Orfila
what is chromatography?
Chromatography is a process separating components of a mixture
what is an animal that has Neurotoxins?
A pufferfish
What poison will attack your nervous system and effect you muscles?
Strychnine
What was Paracelsus's quote?
“Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy”-Paracelsus
what is a Mobile phase?
Gas or liquid that takes the sample of a substance through the chromatography machine.