Test system, choice

Choice of Species. A bewildering variety of exogenous systems have been used for one purpose or another in mutagenicity tests. The choice begins with plant or animal preparations. The attraction of plant systems has stemmed from a desire to avoid the use of animals, where possible, in toxicity testing. In addition, plant systems have particular relevance when certain chemicals are being tested, for example, herbicides. 

STRATEGIES FOR RISK ASSESSMENT THE CHOICE AND USE OF TEST SYSTEMS TO ESTIMATE HUMAN GERMINAL MUTATION... 

The choice of a test system depends on whether it measures the same end points that are of concern to man. 

The route or method of administration of the test substance to the test system and the reason for its choice (oral, dermal, inhalation, injection, diet). 

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When a chemical reaction is elaborated into a synthetic method, an extensive amount of work is usually necessary to clarify the questions which may arise. Any scientific experiment is carried out in a framework of known facts and mere assumptions. A danger when the results of an experiment are interpreted is that assumptions which later on turn out to be false might interfere with the conclusions drawn. This problem is imminent when a newly discovered reaction or when ideas for new reactions are subjected to experimental studies. If mere speculations on the reaction mechanisms are the sole basis for the selection of test systems or for determining the experimental conditions, the choice may be too narrow, and there is a risk that a useful new reaction is overlooked. 

Zinc deficiency in humans is difficult to diagnose because a suitable functional test, or a test for zinc reservoirs, has been lacking, Milne et ai. (1987) documented that a variety of zinc-requiring enzymes of the red blood cell seem to resist the effects of dietary zinc deficiency, but demonstrated that liver alcohol dehydrogenase may be sensitive to the deficiency. The activity of this enzyme was assessed by a functional test — the ethanol tolerance test. The ethanol tolerance test would be expected to be influenced by factors unrelated to zinc status, such as the state of Induchon of the ethanol oxidizing system, and hence may not be the functional test of choice for assessing zinc status. 

It has been suggested that the problem of selectivity can be overcome, so that the reaction can be controlled to yield only one isomer by a proper choice of acid catalyst and solvent. However, the literature is bewildering and contradictory on this point. With a view to clarifying this problem, the following study was undertaken A series of test systems was selected to span a large variation in the reaction space. 

The usefulness of this divide-and-conquer method is illustrated below by a series of calculations on the model system H-(-C=C-)-H. This system is convenient for testing various choices of projection weights, or basis sets, or Fermi parameter. The tests given here extend previous tests [43,57]. 

The CALCAP (27) is used to measure simple and choice reaction time and speed of information processing. This test has proven to be sensitive in detecting central nervous system (CNS) changes in studies of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) dementia. This computerized test consists of four individual tests (one test of simple visual reaction time and three tests of choice reaction time) and takes only 10 min to administer. 

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