Toxicity study of maternal transfer of polychlorinated biphenyls and diethyl phthalate to 21-day-old male and female weanling pups of Wistar rats

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 118-125

  Pereira, Contzen ^a   Rao, C Vaman ^a  

^a ST XAVIER S COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Clophen A60; Diethyl phthalate (DEP); Enzymes; Histology; Liver; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Serum

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CORN OIL; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; PLASTICIZER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ENZYME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOLOGY; MATING BEHAVIOR; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PHTHALATE; POLLUTION EFFECT; PREGNANCY; RODENT; SERUM; TOXICITY; WEANING;

ACID PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING; WEANING;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; DRUG SYNERGISM; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHTHALIC ACIDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCTION; TOXICITY TESTS;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34447570936     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2006.04.007     Document Type: Article

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