Reproductive endocrine disruption in the freshwater catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis, in response to the pesticide γ-hexachlorocyclohexane

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-83

  Singh, Pratap B ^a   Canario, Adelino V M ^b  

^a Tilak Dhari College   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

HCH; Endocrine disruptions; Fish reproduction; Gonadotropin; Phospholipids; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; ACETIC ACID; ESTRADIOL; GAMMA HEXACHLOROHEXANE; GONADOTROPIN; PESTICIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FISH; PESTICIDE; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATFISH; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; REPRODUCTION; SPAWNING; STEROIDOGENESIS; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CATFISHES; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GONADS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INSECTICIDES; LINDANE; MALE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CATFISH; HETEROPNEUSTES FOSSILIS; SILURIDAE;

EID: 1842861843     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2003.07.014     Document Type: Article

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