Vitellogenin as a biomarker for estrogenic effects in brown trout, Salmo trutta: Laboratory and field investigations

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2387-2396

  Bjerregaard, Poul ^a   Hansen, Pernille R ^a   Larsen, Katrine J ^a   Erratico, Claudio ^a   Korsgaard, Bodil ^a   Holbech, Henrik ^a  

^a Institute of Medical Biology   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brown trout; Butylparaben; Estrogens; Octylphenol; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; BACKPROPAGATION; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FISH; GROUNDWATER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEATS; PLASMAS;

BROWN TROUT; BUTYLPARABEN; ESTROGENS; OCTYLPHENOL; VITELLOGENIN;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

4 TERT OCTYLPHENOL; BUTYL PARABEN; ESTRADIOL 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; GROUND WATER; VITELLOGENIN;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; BIOASSAY; BIOMARKER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FIELDWORK; JUVENILE; LABORATORY METHOD; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHENOL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROTEIN; REARING; SALMONID; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BROWN TROUT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; TROUT; VITELLOGENINS;

SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 56049108114     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-148.1     Document Type: Article

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