Toxicity of cadmium, endosulfan, and atrazine in adrenal steroidogenic cells of two amphibian species, Xenopus laevis and Rana catesbeiana

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2106-2113

  Goulet, Benoît N ^a   Hontela, Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Amphibians; Corticosterone secretion; Endocrine disruptor; In vitro bioassay

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CELLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENZYMES; TOXICITY;

ADRENAL CELLS;

CADMIUM;

ATRAZINE; BUCLADESINE; CADMIUM; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; ENDOSULFAN; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ADRENAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CALCULATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; FROG; IN VITRO STUDY; LC 50; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROIDOGENESIS; XENOPUS;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CADMIUM; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CORTICOSTERONE; CYCLIC AMP; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENDOSULFAN; FEMALE; HERBICIDES; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INSECTICIDES; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; RANA CATESBEIANA; WATER POLLUTANTS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA CATESBEIANA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS (GENUS); XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0242382037     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/02-255     Document Type: Article

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