Evaluation of the rodent Hershberger bioassay on intact juvenile males-Testing of coded chemicals and supplementary biochemical investigations

Toxicology

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 114-120

  Freyberger, A ^a   Schladt, L ^a  

^a BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

2,4 Dinitrophenol; 4 Nonylphenol; Flutamide; Hershberger assay on juvenile intact rats; Linuron; Liver enzyme induction; p,p DDE; Testing of coded chemicals

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,4 DINITROPHENOL; 4 NONYLPHENOL; 7 ETHOXYCOUMARIN DEETHYLASE; ALDRIN EPOXIDASE; EPOXIDE HYDROLASE; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; FLUTAMIDE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LINURON; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG SCREENING; EPIDIDYMIS; HYDROXYLATION; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE METABOLISM; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYMES; EPIDIDYMIS; EUROPEAN UNION; LIVER; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; ORGAN SIZE; PROSTATE; RATS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TOXICITY TESTS; XENOBIOTICS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 67649908429     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2009.05.013     Document Type: Article

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