What is an allergy sensitizer, and how does a chemical become one?
网页2020年5月1日 · Sensitizers are chemicals with the potential to become allergens. It’s hard to predict which chemicals will be sensitizers, who is likely to be vulnerable to them, and how much exposure will induce a reaction. Consequently, working safely in a lab means handling known sensitizers and chemically similar compounds cautiously to …
Sensitizer - Wikipedia
网页Sensitizer or sensitiser may refer to: Chemical sensitizer, a chemical that causes allergic reaction in normal tissue after exposure. Explosive sensitizer, a chemical that promotes the rate of propagation of an explosive; see Chemical explosive#Sensitizer.
What Is an Allergy Sensitizer, and How Does a Chemical Become …
网页2020年3月10日 · Sensitizers are chemicals with the potential to become allergens. It’s hard to predict which chemicals will be sensitizers, who is likely to be vulnerable to them, and how much exposure will induce a reaction. Consequently, working safely in a lab means handling known sensitizers and chemically similar compounds cautiously to minimize exposure.
Sensitizer - Safeopedia
网页2018年11月10日 · Sensitizers are chemical substances that can cause sensitization in the lungs (respiratory sensitizers) or to the skin (skin sensitizers) after exposure. Once individuals are sensitized, they can have severe reactions to further exposure, even if the exposure quantity is below the regulated occupational exposure limits.
Key Concepts: Chemical Sensitization - Multiple Chemical …
网页Sensitization to chemicals can be defined as changes in the organism, usually the immunochemical system, by exposure to a chemical such that further chemical exposure leads to recognition by the organism.
Respiratory Sensitizers - The Synergist
网页2020年6月7日 · A respirable allergen or respiratory sensitizer is a compound that will cause respiratory sensitization following its inhalation. Respiratory sensitization leading to occupational asthma (OA) is an unwanted immunological reaction that represents a worrisome workplace hazard that is growing in prevalence worldwide.
Skin sensitising chemicals - ECHA
网页2019年1月21日 · Chemical substances that cause an allergic response following skin contact are called skin sensitisers. Since industrialisation, there has been a significant increase in the prevalence of allergic diseases. One likely cause for this could be that we are exposed to many more chemicals than before.
Quantitative assessment of sensitizing potency using a …
网页2021年9月23日 · Hundreds of chemicals have been identified as skin sensitizers. These are chemicals that possess the ability to induce hypersensitivity reactions in humans, giving rise to a condition termed ...
Respiratory sensitization: toxicological point of view on the …
网页2017年10月16日 · The sensitizers, either a chemical or protein, can directly interact with cells at the air–blood barrier. Chemical sensitizer (haptens) are able to exert their adverse effects after forming a hapten protein.
Mapping Chemical Respiratory Sensitization: How Useful Are Our …
网页2021年2月2日 · We identified a data set of known human respiratory sensitizers, which we used to investigate the accuracy of a structural alert model, Toxtree, designed for skin sensitization and the Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health (COEH)’s model, a model developed specifically for occupational asthma.