Marijuana extracts possess the effects like the endocrine disrupting chemicals

Toxicology

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 471-478

  Watanabe, Kazuhito ^a   Motoya, Erina ^a   Matsuzawa, Naoki ^a   Funahashi, Tatsuya ^a   Kimura, Toshiyuki ^a   Matsunaga, Tamihide ^b   Arizono, Koji ^c   Yamamoto, Ikuo ^d  

^a HOKURIKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF KUMAMOTO   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Estrogen; Marijuana; MCF 7; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; CANNABIDIOL DERIVATIVE; CANNABIDIOLIC ACID; CANNABINOL; CANNABIS; CYTOCHROME P450 3A4; PROGESTERONE 17ALPHA HYDROXYLASE; STEROID 16ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; TESTOSTERONE 16ALPHA HYDROXYLASE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER MICROSOME; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROSOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; TESTIS;

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; CANNABINOIDS; CANNABINOL; CANNABIS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; FEMALE; HALLUCINOGENS; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HYDROXYTESTOSTERONES; MALE; MICROSOMES, LIVER; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; STEROID HYDROXYLASES; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

CANNABIS SATIVA; MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS;

EID: 10044248925     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2004.08.005     Document Type: Article

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