Some alkyl hydroxy benzoate preservatives (parabens) are estrogenic

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 12-19

  Routledge, Edwin J ^a   Parker, Joanne ^a   Odum, Jenny ^b   Ashby, John ^b   Sumpter, John P ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; 4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; 4 HYDROXYTAMOXIFEN; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BUTYL PARABEN; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ETHYL PARABEN; METHYL PARABEN; NONYLPHENOL; PROPYL PARABEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SAFETY; YEAST;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032210957     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1998.8544     Document Type: Article

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