Investigations on cellular proliferation induced by zearalenone and its derivatives in relation to the estrogenic parameters

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 272-283

  Minervini, Fiorenza ^a   Giannoccaro, Alessandra ^a   Cavallini, Aldo ^b   Visconti, Angelo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES OF FOOD PRODUCTION   (Italy)

^b National Institute for Digestive Diseases   (Italy)

Author keywords

E screen assay; Estrogens; MCF 7; MDA MB 231; MTT test; Zearalenones

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; MYCOTOXIN; PHYTOESTROGEN; TAMOXIFEN; ZEARALENONE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIET; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEASUREMENT; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE LEVEL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM; ZEARALENONE;

MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS;

EID: 27144543670     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2005.05.017     Document Type: Article

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