Reduction of thyroid hormone levels by methylsulfonyl metabolites of polychlorinated biphenyl congeners in rats

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 541-544

  Kato, Yoshihisa ^a   Haraguchi, Koichi ^b   Shibahara, Tomoo ^a   Masuda, Yoshito ^b   Kimura, Ryohei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^b DAIICHI UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Methylsulfonyl metabolite; Polychlorinated biphenyl; Rat; Total thyroxine

Indexed keywords

DRUG METABOLITE; LIOTHYRONINE; MESYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHENOBARBITAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; THYROXINE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG LIVER LEVEL; DRUG MILK LEVEL; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYROID HORMONE METABOLISM; THYROID WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DEPRESSION, CHEMICAL; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MESYLATES; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOBARBITAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031829379     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002040050540     Document Type: Article

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