Environmental chemicals with known endocrine potential affect yolk protein content in the aquatic insect Chironomus riparius

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 525-528

  Hahn, Torsten ^a   Schenk, Kamilla ^a   Schulz, Ralf ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquatic invertebrates; Bisphenol a; Chironomidae; Endocrine disruptor; Nonylphenol; Tebufenozide; Vitellogenesis

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS; CONTAMINATION; IMMUNOLOGY; TESTING;

AQUATIC INSECTS;

PROTEINS;

4 N NONYLPHENOL; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TEBUFENOZIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YOLK PROTEIN;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INSECT; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHIRONOMIDAE; EGG PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HYDRAZINES; INSECTICIDES; MALE; PHENOLS; VITELLOGENESIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036882045     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(02)00189-6     Document Type: Article

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