The effect of exposure to toluene on plasma concentrations of testosterone, prolactin, luteinising (LH) and follicle stimulating (FSH) hormones was investigated in 47 rotogravure printers (time weighted average air toluene below 80 ppm; blood toluene concentration post-shift 0-19-7-99 umol/l) and compared with a reference group. Increasing exposure concentrations of toluene (concentrations <5 t...

background: the widespread use of toluene and its consequent adverse effects on health and specially its chronic effects on the central nervous system has resulted in many studies being carried out on the methods that can control and reduce toluene vapors in the airflow. the objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness of the catalytic ozonation process in the removal of toluene from ...

Inhalation of toluene-based products is popular among young adults. It has been shown to have a variety of adverse effects on several organs and systems. Although the heart seems to be a sensitive target organ to toluene, cardiotoxicity has often been ignored, especially in cases of acute toluene abuse, with relatively low concentrations. Thereby, routine cardiac examination and echocardiograph...

Extensive hydrogen-bonds between the hydroxyl-rich BiOCl surface and phosphoric acid significantly facilitate oxygen vacancy formation, O2 activation, deep toluene oxidation.

Triple Decker Complex of Co, Arene Displacement, r/4: >/4-Toluene Ligand The triple decker complex [{(?/5-Cp*)Co}2-,M-{>74: 774-toluene}] lb exhibits an unusual reac­ tivity towards a variety of organic ligands, lb reacts with CO, ethene, butadiene, H2, A120 3, hexafluorobenzene, 1.5 Cod, 2-butyne, phenanthrene, naphthalene and the dinuclear Ni clus­ ter [{(775-Cp)NiP(C2H5)3}2] to form mainly m...

Toluene is widely used as an industrial solvent and is usually produced in the processes of making gasoline. Inhaled toluene may cause genotoxicity and other adverse health effects. This study aimed to ascertain the relation between blood toluene exposure and genotoxicity, as measured by sister chromatid exchange (SCE), by comparing gasoline station workers to controls. Mean blood toluene and S...

The microdialysis technique was applied to detect the changes in the activity of acetylcholine (ACh) neurons in the rat brain. The effects of intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection of toluene on the amount of ACh release from the nerve terminals of the brain cholinergic neurons were investigated in freely moving rats. In the striatum, injection of toluene decreased the extracellular concentration of ...