dioxins and dioxin-like compounds
Sign in to saveAlso known as PCDD/F & PCB, Dioxin-like compounds, dioxins, Dioxin
class of chemical compounds
Research
29,574 papers- Emissions of dioxins and dioxin-like compounds and incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in the United States.Environmental research · 2022
- Bioanalytical screening methods for dioxins and dioxin-like compounds a review of bioassay/biomarker technology.Environment international · 2001
- Dioxin-like compounds in paired maternal serum and breast milk under long sampling intervals.Ecotoxicology and environmental safety · 2020
- Updated WHO Toxic Equivalency Factors (TEFs) for dioxin-like compounds: methodology, database, and commentary.Regulatory toxicology and pharmacology : RTP · 2024
- The 2005 World Health Organization reevaluation of human and Mammalian toxic equivalency factors for dioxins and dioxin-like compounds.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2006
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- aromatic compound
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- Dioxins
- has effect
- cancer
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Encyclopedic overview
Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds (DLCs) are a group of chemical compounds that are persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the environment. They are mostly by-products of burning or various industrial processes or, in the case of dioxin-like PCBs and PBBs, unwanted minor components of intentionally produced mixtures.
Some of them are highly toxic, but the toxicity among them varies 30,000-fold. They are grouped together because their mechanism of action is the same. They activate the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AH receptor), albeit with very different binding affinities, leading to high differences in toxicity and other effects. They include:
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