Potential estrogenic and antiandrogenic effects of permethrin in rats

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 201-210

  Kim, Soon Sun ^a   Lee, Rhee Da ^a   Lim, Kwon Jo ^a   Kwack, Seung Jun ^a   Rhee, Gyu Seek ^a   Seok, Ji Hyun ^a   Lee, Geun Shik ^b   An, Beum Soo ^b   Jeung, Eui Bae ^b   Park, Kui Lea ^a  

^a Korea Food and Drug Administration   (South Korea)

^b Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antiandrogenic activity; Calbindin D9k gene expression assay; Estrogenic activity; Hershberger assay; Immature rat; Permethrin; Uterotrophic assay

Indexed keywords

GLANS;

ANTIANDROGEN; CALBINDIN; ESTRADIOL; FLUTAMIDE; MESSENGER RNA; PERMETHRIN; PESTICIDE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BULBOURETHRAL GLAND; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PENIS; PROSTATE; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; UTERUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BULBOURETHRAL GLANDS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FLUTAMIDE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PENIS; PERMETHRIN; PESTICIDES; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEMINAL VESICLES; UTERUS;

EID: 23044469076     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.16060     Document Type: Article

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