Measurements of the genotoxic potential of (xeno-)oestrogens in the bivalve mollusc Scrobicularia plana, using the Comet assay

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-15

  Petridis, Panos ^a,b   Jha, Awadhesh N ^b   Langston, William J ^a  

^a THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

(Xeno )oestrogens; Comet assay; Genotoxicity; Intersex; Scrobicularia plana

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NONYLPHENOL;

BIOINDICATOR; BIVALVE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FEMINIZATION; GENOTOXICITY; INTERSEX; MUTAGENICITY;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; BLOOD CELL; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; GENOTOXICITY; MOLLUSC; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; COMET ASSAY; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; HEMOCYTES; MALE; PHENOLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BIVALVIA; LONCHOCARPUS GLAUCIFOLIUS; MOLLUSCA; SCROBICULARIA PLANA;

EID: 67651030042     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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