The decrease in level of serum thyroxine by 2,2′,4,5,5′- pentachlorobiphenyl in rats and mice: No correlation with formation of methylsulfonyl metabolites

Drug Metabolism and Disposition

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1661-1665

  Kato, Yoshihisa ^a   Haraguchi, Koichi ^b   Yamazaki, Tomoaki ^a   Kimura, Ryohei ^a   Koga, Nobuyuki ^c   Yamada, Shizuo ^a   Degawa, Masakuni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^b DAIICHI UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY   (Japan)

^c NAKAMURA GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLSULFONYL; 4 METHYLSULFONYL; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; MESYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FECES LEVEL; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALS; FECES; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SULFONES; THYROXINE; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 27544471150     PISSN: 00909556     EISSN: 1521009X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/dmd.105.006189     Document Type: Article

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