Trichloroethylene
Trichloroethanes
Chlorinated ethanes which are used extensively as industrial solvents. They have been utilized in numerous home-use products including spot remover preparations and inhalant decongestant sprays. These compounds cause central nervous system and cardiovascular depression and are hepatotoxic. Include 1,1,1- and 1,1,2-isomers.
Dichloroethylenes
Tetrachloroethylene
Ethylene Chlorohydrin
Trichloroacetic Acid
Solvents
Biodegradation, Environmental
Elimination of ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES and other waste using living organisms, usually involving intervention of environmental or sanitation engineers.
Methylococcaceae
Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated
Chloroform
Oxygenases
Water Pollutants, Chemical
Dichloroacetic Acid
Vinyl Chloride
Dermatitis, Occupational
Hydrocarbons, Halogenated
Occupational Exposure
Methane
Ether
Burkholderia cepacia
Methoxyflurane
An inhalation anesthetic. Currently, methoxyflurane is rarely used for surgical, obstetric, or dental anesthesia. If so employed, it should be administered with NITROUS OXIDE to achieve a relatively light level of anesthesia, and a neuromuscular blocking agent given concurrently to obtain the desired degree of muscular relaxation. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1994, p180)
Occupational Medicine
Environmental Pollutants
Chlorohydrins
Water Pollution, Chemical
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2E1
An ethanol-inducible cytochrome P450 enzyme that metabolizes several precarcinogens, drugs, and solvents to reactive metabolites. Substrates include ETHANOL; INHALATION ANESTHETICS; BENZENE; ACETAMINOPHEN and other low molecular weight compounds. CYP2E1 has been used as an enzyme marker in the study of alcohol abuse.