AGFDTuesday, August 21, 2007

8:50 AM-12:00 PM BCEC -- 256, Oral
Chemistry and Toxicology of Acrylamide
Organizer:Donald. S. Mottram
Official:Mendel Friedman
8:50 AMIntroductory Remarks
9:00 AMReview of the mutagenicity and carcinogenicity of acrylamide
Lisa M. Kamendulis, James E. Klaunig
9:30 AMGenotoxicity of glycidamide in comparison to N-nitroso compounds and interactions of acrylamide with food matrix components
Matthias Baum, Nadine Boehm, Richard N. Loeppky, Silke Thielen, Gerhard Eisenbrand
9:55 AMMolecular mechanisms of neurotoxicity: Acrylamide targets thiolate sulfhydryls of catalytic triads
Richard M. LoPachin Jr.
10:20 AMIntermission
10:45 AMNeurotoxic mechanism of acrylamide: Correlation of Type-2 alkene-thiol reactivity with parameters derived from quantum mechanical calculations
Terrence Gavin
11:10 AMDietary acrylamide and cancer risk estimation on the basis of toxicological data
Margareta Å. Törnqvist, Birgit E. Paulsson, Anna Vikström, Fredrik Granath
11:35 AMAcrylamide intake through diet and human cancer risk
Lorelei A. Mucci, Kathryn Wilson

Chemistry and Toxicology of Acrylamide -- Next Session

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The 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19-23, 2007