Comparison of anti-androgenic activity of flutamide, vinclozolin, procymidone, linuron, and p, p′-DDE in rodent 10-day Hershberger assay

Toxicology

Volumn 199, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 145-159

  Kang, Il Hyun ^a   Kim, Hyung Sik ^a,b   Shin, Jae Ho ^a   Kim, Tae Sung ^a   Moon, Hyun Ju ^a   Kim, In Young ^a   Choi, Kwang Sik ^a   Kil, Kwang Sup ^a   Park, Young In ^c   Dong, Mi Sook ^c   Han, Soon Young ^a  

^a Korea Food and Drug Administration   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Androgenic anti androgenic; Flutamide; Hershberger assay; Linuron; p,p DDE; Procymidone; Vinclozolin

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; FLUTAMIDE; LINURON; PROCYMIDONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; VINCLOZOLIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PENIS GLANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FLUTAMIDE; GENITALIA, MALE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LINURON; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; ORGAN SIZE; OXAZOLES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTOSTERONE;

GLANS; RODENTIA;

EID: 2442482577     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2004.02.019     Document Type: Article

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