Antiestrogenic and antiprogesteronic activity of tire extracts with yeast-based steroid hormone receptor gene transcription assay

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 863-868

  Zhang, Q H ^a,b   Xu, Y ^b   Schramm, K W ^c   Jiang, G B ^a   Kettrup, A ^c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; MOTOR VEHICLE TIRE; NONHUMAN; YEAST;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; LETHAL DOSE 50; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RUBBER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; YEASTS;

FUNGI;

EID: 0347927309     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-002-0139-x     Document Type: Article

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