Feminization of wild carp, Cyprinus carpio, in a polluted environment: Plasma steroid hormones, gonadal morphology and xenobiotic metabolizing system

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-156

  Sole M ^a,c   Raldua, D ^a   Piferrer, F ^b   Barcelo D ^d   Porte, C ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Biotransformation enzymes; Carp; Estradiol; Intersex; Sewage treatment works; Testicular atrophy; Testosterone; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; OXYGENASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE FERRIHEMOPROTEIN REDUCTASE; SEX HORMONE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CARP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; GONAD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RIVER; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TEMPERATURE; WILD SPECIES; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

CYPRINUS CARPIO;

EID: 0141996537     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1532-0456(03)00192-3     Document Type: Article

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