Toxicity on crustaceans and endocrine disrupting activity on Saccharomyces cerevisiae of eight alkylphenols

Chemosphere

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 135-143

  Isidori, Marina ^a   Lavorgna, Margherita ^a   Nardelli, Angela ^a   Parrella, Alfredo ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute and chronic toxicity; Alkylphenols; Endocrine disruptors; YES test

Indexed keywords

ACUTE AND CHRONIC TOXICITY; ALKYLPHENOLS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; YES-TEST;

DETERGENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HERBICIDES; PAINT; PHENOLS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TOXICITY;

WATER POLLUTION;

4 NONYLPHENOL; 4 NONYLPHENOL 10 ETHOXYLATE; 4 OCTYLPHENOL; 4 TERT OCTYLPHENOL; ALKYLPHENOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; NONYLPHENOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DETERGENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HERBICIDES; PAINT; PHENOLS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CRUSTACEAN; DETERGENT; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; HERBICIDE; HYDROPHOBICITY; SURFACTANT; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CLADOCERA; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; MOVEMENT; PHENOLS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33646851191     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.10.047     Document Type: Article

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