High doses of atrazine do not disrupt activity and expression of aromatase in female gonads of juvenile goldfish (Carassius auratus L.)

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 464-470

  Nadzialek, S ^a   Spano L ^a   Mandiki, S N M ^a   Kestemont, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Atrazine; Endocrine disruptor; Goldfish; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; AROMATASE; ATRAZINE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL;

ATRAZINE; BLOOD; CYPRINID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE; JUVENILE; MORPHOLOGY; STEROID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GOLDFISH; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; JUVENILE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; ATRAZINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GOLDFISH; HERBICIDES; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTOSTERONE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CARASSIUS AURATUS;

EID: 45849109127     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-008-0198-9     Document Type: Article

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