Effect of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) on genital organs from juvenile common marmosets: I. Morphological and biochemical investigation in 65-week toxicity study

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 69, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 1651-1672

  Tomonari, Yuki ^a   Kurata, Yoshimasa ^a   David, Raymond ^b   Gans, Gerhard ^c   Kawasuso, Takeshi ^a   Katoh, Masanobu ^a  

^a MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^c BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ALKANE 1 MONOOXYGENASE; CARNITINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CARNITINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 3A4; ESTRADIOL; GLUTATHIONE; LAURIC ACID OMEGA1 OMEGA HYDROXYLASE; PALMITOYL COENZYME A; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PLASTICIZER; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MARMOSET; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STEROIDOGENESIS; TOXICITY; UTERUS WEIGHT; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; LIVER; PATHOLOGY; TESTIS;

CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; MARMOSETS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALLITHRIX; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; OVARY; PLASTICIZERS; SPERM COUNT; TESTIS;

EID: 33746448400     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390600630054     Document Type: Article

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