Steroid biosynthetic enzyme activities in leachate-exposed female perch (Perca fluviatilis) as biomarkers for endocrine disruption

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 366, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 638-648

  Linderoth, Maria ^a   Norman, Anna ^b   Noaksson, Erik ^c   Zebühr, Yngve ^a   Norrgren, Leif ^b   Balk, Lennart ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c Jamtland County Council   (Sweden)

Author keywords

17 hydroxylase; 17 hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; 17,20 lyase; Aromatase; Refuse dump leachate; Reproductive failure

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; ENZYMES; HISTOLOGY; LEACHATE TREATMENT;

17Α-HYDROXYLASE; AROMATASE; REFUSE DUMP LEACHATE; REPRODUCTIVE FAILURE;

ENZYME KINETICS;

ANDROGEN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; STEROID 17,20 LYASE; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

BIOMARKER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FISH; LEACHATE; STEROID; TOXICITY;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HEAD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; KIDNEY; LEACHING; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; PERCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEXUAL MATURATION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TISSUE SECTION; VITELLOGENESIS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; KIDNEY; OVARY; PERCHES; REFUSE DISPOSAL; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PERCA FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 33745818390     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.01.023     Document Type: Article

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