Short-term effects of di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate on testes, liver, kidneys and pancreas in mice

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 199-205

  Miura, Yumi ^a   Naito, Munekazu ^a   Ablake, Maira ^b   Terayama, Hayato ^a   Yi, Shuang Qin ^a   Qu, Ning ^a   Cheng, Lin Xian ^a   Suna, Shigeru ^c   Jitsunari, Fumihiko ^c   Itoh, Masahiro ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b XINJIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Free radical; Nitrogen oxide; Phthalate; Testis

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; PHTHALIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL MONOESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY; LEYDIG CELL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; PANCREAS; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; COPPER; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; IRON; KIDNEY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NITROGEN OXIDES; PANCREAS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; ZINC;

EID: 33947231230     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2007.00220.x     Document Type: Article

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