Bisphenol-a: An estrogenic substance is released from polycarbonate flasks during autoclaving

Endocrinology

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 2279-2286

  Krishnan, Aruna V ^a   Stathis, Peter ^a   Permuth, Suzanne F ^a   Tokes, Laszlo ^b   Feldman, David ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROCHE BIOSCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; DNA; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; POLYCARBONATE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN;

ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; BIOASSAY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA CONTENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LEACHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CULTURE MEDIA; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHENOLS; POLYCARBOXYLATE CEMENT; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, MASS; STERILIZATION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; UTERUS; WATER;

EID: 0027222826     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.132.6.8504731     Document Type: Article

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