Synergistic embryotoxicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon aryl hydrocarbon receptor agonists with cytochrome P4501A inhibitors in Fundulus heteroclitus

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 112, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 1658-1664

  Wassenberg, Deena M ^a,b   Di Giulio, Richard T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

naphthoflavone; naphthoflavone; Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Benzo(a)pyrene; Cytochrome P4501A; Deformity; Fluoranthene; Fundulus heteroclitus; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

3,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; AROMATIC AMINE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BETA NAPHTHOFLAVONE; CYTOCHROME P450 1A; CYTOCHROME P450 INHIBITOR; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABNORMALITIES; ANIMALS; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FUNDULIDAE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; TOXICITY TESTS;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS;

EID: 10944259920     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7168     Document Type: Article

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