Lack of (anti-) androgenic or estrogenic effects of three pyrethroids (esfenvalerate, fenvalerate, and permethrin) in the Hershberger and uterotrophic assays

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 227-237

  Kunimatsu, Takeshi ^a   Yamada, Tomoya ^a   Ose, Keiko ^a   Sunami, Osamu ^a   Kamita, Yusuke ^a   Okuno, Yasuyoshi ^a   Seki, Takaki ^a   Nakatsuka, Iwao ^a  

^a SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptor; Esfenvalerate; Fenvalerate; Hershberger assay; Permethrin; Pyrethroid; Uterotrophic assays

Indexed keywords

FENVALERATE; HORMONE ANTAGONIST; INSECTICIDE; NITRILE; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHROID; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; METHOXYCHLOR; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORCHIECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; UTERUS; ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ASSAY; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERSHBERGER ASSAY; HORMONE ACTION; IN VIVO STUDY; LETHAL DOSE; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE VENTRAL LOBE; SEMINAL VESICLE; TOXICITY; UTEROTROPHIC ASSAY; UTERUS WEIGHT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; NITRILES; ORCHIECTOMY; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHRINS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; UTERUS;

EID: 0036545370     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/rtph.2001.1527     Document Type: Article

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