Evaluation of estrogenic activities of pesticides using an in vitro reporter gene assay

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 271-280

  Kojima, Mihoko ^a   Fukunaga, Kenji ^a,d   Sasaki, Mari ^a   Nakamura, Masafumi ^b   Tsuji, Motohiro ^c   Nishiyama, Toshimasa ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hiyoshi Corporation   (Japan)

^c Shiga Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science   (Japan)

^d KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

59 mixture; Estrogen; Pesticide; Reporter gene assay

Indexed keywords

ACEPHATE; BIPHENYL; BITERTANOL; CAPTAN; CHLORFENAPYR; CHLORFLUAZURON; CHLORPYRIFOS; CIPERMETHRIN; CYFLUTHRIN; DICHLOFLUANID; DICOFOL; DIMPYLATE; ENILCONAZOLE; ETHOFENPROX; FENPROPATHRIN; FENVALERATE; FLUCYTHRINATE; FLUFENOXURON; FLUVALINATE; HALFENPROX; HYDROXYBIPHENYL; LUCIFERASE; LUFENURON; MALATHION; METHAMIDOPHOS; PERMETHRIN; PESTICIDE; PROCYMIDONE; PROTHIOFOS; PYRIPROXYFEN; TEBUFENPYRAD; TIABENDAZOLE; TOLCLOFOS METHYL; TRIFLUMIZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOASSAY; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPORTER GENE;

AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PESTICIDES; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21844465702     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603120500155765     Document Type: Article

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