Chloro-s-triazines-toxicokinetic, Toxicodynamic, Human Exposure, and Regulatory Considerations

Title:Chloro-s-triazines-toxicokinetic, Toxicodynamic, Human Exposure, and Regulatory Considerations

Volume: 22 Issue: 8

Author(s): Khaled Abass*, Olavi Pelkonen and Arja Rautio

Affiliation:

• Arctic Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, P.O. Box 7300, FI-90014,Finland

Keywords: Chloro-s-triazines, biotransformation, metabolites, toxicity, human exposure, regulatory guidance.

Abstract: Chloro-s-triazines-atrazine, cyanazine, propazine, simazine, and terbuthylazine-are structurally similar herbicides, differing only in specific s-triazine4-and 6-N alkyl substituents. It is generally regarded that their toxicokinetics, such as, metabolic pathways, biological effects and toxicities, also share more similar features than the differences. Consequently, it is useful to compare their characteristics to potentially find useful structure-activity relationships or other similarities or differences regarding different active compounds, their metabolites, and biological effects including toxic outcomes. The ultimate goal of these exercises is to apply the summarized knowledge-as far as it is possible regarding a patchy and often inadequate database-to cross the in vitro-in vivo and animal-human borders and integrate the available data to enhance toxicological risk assessment for the benefit of humans and ecosystems.

Cite this article as:

Abass Khaled *, Pelkonen Olavi and Rautio Arja , Chloro-s-triazines-toxicokinetic, Toxicodynamic, Human Exposure, and Regulatory Considerations, Current Drug Metabolism 2021; 22 (8) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389200222666210701164945