Estrogenic and anti-androgenic activities of 4-nitrophenol in diesel exhaust particles

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-6

  Li, ChunMei ^a,b   Taneda, Shinji ^c   Suzuki, Akira K ^c   Furuta, Chie ^a,b   Watanabe, Gen ^a,b   Taya, Kazuyoshi ^a,b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Faculty of Agriculture   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

4 nitrophenol; Anti androgenic activity; Diesel exhaust particles; Estrogenic activity; Hershberger assay; Uterotrophic assay

Indexed keywords

4 NITROPHENOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PARATHION;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL TERATOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH HAZARD; IN VIVO STUDY; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PENIS GLANS; PROSTATE; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINAL VESICLE; UTERUS WEIGHT;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENITALIA, MALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; NITROPHENOLS; ORCHIECTOMY; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; UTERUS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

GLANS;

EID: 33750343528     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2006.06.010     Document Type: Article

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