The colloidal thyroxine (T4) ring as a novel biomarker of perchlorate exposure in the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 268-277

  Hu, Fang ^a   Sharma, Bibek ^a   Mukhi, Sandeep ^a   Patiño, Reynaldo ^a   Carr, James A ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Biomarker; Disruption; Endocrine; Perchlorate; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PERCHLORATE; THYROXINE; PERCHLORIC ACID;

AFRICA; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPLETION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FORELIMB; FROG; HINDLIMB; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TAIL; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FOLLICLE; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; THYROID GLAND; WATER POLLUTANT;

AMPHIBIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COLLOIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GROWTH; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PERCHLORIC ACID; THYROID GLAND; THYROXINE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 33748743458     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfl053     Document Type: Article

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