Effect of methoxychlor on various life stages of Xenopus laevis

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 454-466

  Fort, Douglas J ^a   Guiney, Patrick D ^b   Weeks, John A ^b   Thomas, John H ^a   Rogers, Robert L ^a   Noll, Andra M ^a   Spaulding, Clinton D ^a  

^a FORT ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b SC Johnson and Son   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Reproduction; Stage sensitivity; Xenopus methoxychlor

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; METHOXYCHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOASSAY; BREEDING METHOD; CELL COUNT; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FROG; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH RETARDATION; HINDLIMB; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LETHALITY; LIFE CYCLE; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SUPEROVULATION; TESTIS WEIGHT; THYROID HYPERPLASIA; TOXICOLOGY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; GROWTH; HINDLIMB; INSECTICIDES; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; METHOXYCHLOR; OOCYTES; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANURA; XENOPUS (GENUS); XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 5744253113     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfh243     Document Type: Article

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