Benzophenone-induced estrogenic potency in ovariectomized rats

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 727-731

  Nakagawa, Yoshio ^a   Tayama, Kuniaki ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benzophenone; Estrogenic activity; Metabolites; Oral administration; Uterotrophic assay

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOPHENONE; BENZOPHENONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BENZOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; LOW DRUG DOSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STROMA CELL; THICKNESS; UTERUS WEIGHT; VAGINA EPITHELIUM; ANIMAL; BIOASSAY; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; FALLOPIA; MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BENZOPHENONES; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPITHELIUM; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIECTOMY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; UTERUS;

EID: 0036452967     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-002-0401-3     Document Type: Article

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