Reduction of serum thyroxine concentrations by methylsulfonyl metabolites of tetra-, penta- and hexachlorinated biphenyls in male Sprague- Dawley rats

Chemosphere

Volumn 40, Issue 9-11, 2000, Pages 1233-1240

  Kato, Y ^a   Haraguchi, K ^b   Shibahara, T ^a   Yumoto, S ^a   Masuda, Y ^b   Kimura, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^b DAIICHI UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; RAT; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; LIVER; MALE; METHYLATION; MICROSOMES, LIVER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SULFONES; THYROID GLAND; THYROXINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033997104     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(99)00374-4     Document Type: Article

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