Quantitative comparisons of in vitro assays for estrogenic activities

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 723-729

  Fang, Hong ^a   Tong, Weida ^b   Perkins, Roger ^b   Soto, Ana M ^c   Prechtl, Nancy V ^c   Sheehan, Daniel M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Logicon ROW Sciences   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiestrogens; Chemical structure; Data mining; E SCREEN assay; Endocrine disruptors; Estrogen receptor competitive binding assay; Estrogen receptors; Estrogens; MCF 7 cell proliferation assay; Species sensitivity; Yeast based reporter gene assay

Indexed keywords

4 TERT BUTYLPHENOL; ALKYLPHENOL; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIOL; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANTIESTROGEN; ATRAZINE; CHLORDECONE; CHLORPHENOTANE; COUMESTROL; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ENDOSULFAN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; GENISTEIN; HEXESTROL; LINDANE; METHOXYCHLOR; PESTICIDE; PHYTOESTROGEN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; PRASTERONE; PROGESTERONE; SITOSTEROL; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE; ZEARALENONE;

ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; HORMONE RELEASE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REPORTER GENE; TECHNIQUE; YEAST;

MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS;

EID: 0033782755     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.00108723     Document Type: Article

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