Application of metamorphosis assay to a native Japanese amphibian species, Rana rugosa, for assessing effects of thyroid system affecting chemicals

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1400-1405

  Oka, Tomohiro ^a   Miyahara, Maki ^a   Yamamoto, Jun ^a   Mitsui, Naoko ^a   Fujii, Takaaki ^b   Tooi, Osamu ^a   Kashiwagi, Keiko ^c   Takase, Minoru ^c   Kashiwagi, Akihiko ^d   Iguchi, Taisen ^e  

^a IDEA CONSULTANTS INC   (Japan)

^b Towa Kagaku Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Sanyo Women's College   (Japan)

^e OKAZAKI INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphibian metamorphosis assay; Endocrine disruptors; Propylthiouracil; Rana rugosa; Thyroid hormone; Xenopus (Silurana) tropicalis; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; THYROXINE;

BIOASSAY; BODY SIZE; DETECTION METHOD; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FROG; HORMONE; INHIBITION; METAMORPHOSIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECOLOGY; EMBRYO; FROG; HISTOLOGY; JAPAN; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA RUGOSA; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 67349283056     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2009.03.012     Document Type: Article

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