Comparative study of the endocrine-disrupting activity of bisphenol A and 19 related compounds

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 249-259

  Kitamura, Shigeyuki ^a   Suzuki, Tomoharu ^a   Sanoh, Seigo ^a   Kohta, Ryuki ^a   Jinno, Norimasa ^a   Sugihara, Kazumi ^a   Yoshihara, Shin'ichi ^a   Fujimoto, Nariaki ^b   Watanabe, Hiromitsu ^b   Ohta, Shigeru ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti androgenic activity; Bisphenol A; Bisphenol derivative; Estrogenic activity; Human breast cancer cell line MCF 7; Rat pituitary cell line GH3; Thyroid hormonal activity

Indexed keywords

1,1 BIS(4 HYDROXYPHENYL)PROPIONIC ACID; 2,2 BIS(4 HYDROXYPHENYL) 1 PROPANOL; 2,2 DIPHENYLPROPANE; 3,3' DIMETHYLBISPHENOL A; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ANDROSTANOLONE; BISPHENOL B; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; GROWTH HORMONE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TETRACHLOROBISPHENOL A; TETRAMETHYLBISPHENOL A; THYROID HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; MICE; NIH 3T3 CELLS; PHENOLS; PITUITARY GLAND; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 20244385577     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfi074     Document Type: Article

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