- Written by: B. Fubini
- Journal or magazine: Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health. Part a
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
New detoxification processes for asbestos fibers in the environment
…Val Malenco fibers into non-fibrous debris. Chrysotile's crystal and spectral signatures disappeared, and magnesium oxalate was the only crystalline reaction product detected, apart from reactor steel debris. Treated Balangero fibers still showed serpentine features…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2005
Potential toxicity of nonregulated asbestiform minerals: balangeroite from the western Alps. Part 3: Depletion of antioxidant defenses
…crocidolite incubation. This effect was not related to any increased content of oxidized glutathione, or to any enhanced efflux of glutathione, suggesting that balangeroite fibers, like crocidolite, might favor the reaction of GSH with other molecules.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2000
In vitro cleavage by asbestos fibers of the fifth component of human complement through free-radical generation and kallikrein activation
…role in inflammatory reactions characteristic of asbestosis through mechanisms involving iron ions, hydroxyl radicals, and oxidized C5-ike fragments. The ferrous ions present at the asbestos fiber surface trigger this activation and catalyze, via Fenton reaction…