Reviews of environmental contamination and toxicology. Vol. 203

RECT 203 edited David M. Whitacre **Forward** **Preface** - **Bioavailability of Xenobiotics in the Soil Environment** by Arata Katayama et al. - **Effects of Pesticides on Freshwater Diatoms** by E. Pinelli et al - **The Toxic Effects of Formaldehyde on the Nervous System** by Ahmet Songur et al. - **Dermal Toxicity and Environmental Contamination: Electron Transfer, Reactive Oxygen Species, Oxidative Stress, Cell Signaling and Protection by Antioxidants** by Peter Kovacica and Ratnasamy Somanathan **5. Heavy Metals Alter the Potency of Medicinal Plants** by Sekh Abdul Nasim and Bhupinder Dhir **Index** Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Bioavailability of Xenobiotics in the Soil Environment....Pages 1-86 Effects of Pesticides on Freshwater Diatoms....Pages 87-103 The Toxic Effects of Formaldehyde on the Nervous System....Pages 105-118 Dermal Toxicity and Environmental Contamination: Electron Transfer, Reactive Oxygen Species, Oxidative Stress, Cell Signaling, and Protection by Antioxidants....Pages 119-138 Heavy Metals Alter the Potency of Medicinal Plants....Pages 139-149 Back Matter....Pages 151-155 Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology attempts to provide concise, critical reviews of timely advances, philosophy and significant areas of accomplished or needed endeavor in the total field of xenobiotics, in any segment of the environment, as well as toxicological implications.