What is hormesis and its peculiarities?

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This hormesis trend allowed a major concept in toxicology, the dose-response relationship to be found, and significantly developing toxicology. The term hormesis is defined as “the phenomenon or condition of a substance or other agent having a beneficial physiological effect at low levels of exposure even though toxic or otherwise harmful at higher levels”.  In the nineteenth century a Spanish physician, Mathieu Orfila (1787-1853), is often referred to as the founder of toxicology.  Orfila was...
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