endocrinology, toxicology and drug testing

^problem with hormones? ? ?

- - -Endocrinology is the answer, because it's specialty is dealing with disorders in endocrine system and it's specific secretion hormones known as to be hormones. Glands are also belong to endocrinology.

^deseases associated with endocrine are called hormonal imbalance or in medical term was said to be endocrinopahthy.

^hormones have different Chemical Classes
>amines - derived from single amino acid.
> peptide and protein - consist of 2 to more than 200 amino acids.
> steroid - converted from cholesterol.


TOXIC . . . this term was not only used by Med tech. student.. :)

but also use in toxicololgy, toxic is from the Greek word toicos which means "poisonous".
Toxicology study about the adverse effect of chemical on living organism specially in humans... it also study the nature, symptoms, treatments, mechanism and detection of poisoning in the living organisms...

^ most known Chemical which are poisonous
- lead
- mercury
- chlorine
*the greater the dose, the more response will be.


Drug testing it is a technical analysis of a biological specimen 'can be in urine, sweat, blood, hair and other oral fluid'...
it determine the presence or absence of some drugs and their metabolites...
commonly use specimen urine..

1 Response to "endocrinology, toxicology and drug testing"

  1. Jena Isle says:
    May 14, 2010 at 6:27 AM

    Dear Tenten,

    Except for some typos, I like the way you tried to compose your post. You could insert more links and videos in future posts.

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