Antiestrogenic effect of paradichlorobenzene in immature mice and rats

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 505-517

  Takahashi, Osamu ^a   Oishi, Shinshi ^a   Yoneyama, Masako ^a   Ogata, Akio ^a   Kamimura, Hisashi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antiuterotrophic; Arylhydrocarbon receptor; Paradichlorobenzene; Uterine weight

Indexed keywords

1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; ARYLHYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMATURITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UTEROTROPHY; UTERUS DISEASE; UTERUS WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; CHLOROBENZENES; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP2B1; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENZYME INDUCTION; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS; FEMALE; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, INBRED ICR; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; PEROXIDASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRETINOIN; UTERUS;

MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 34347328172     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-007-0179-4     Document Type: Article

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