Postmetamorphic Xenopus laevis shows decreased plasma triiodothyronine concentrations and phosphorylase activity due to subacute phytosterol exposure

Chemosphere

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1683-1689

  Koponen, Petri S ^a   Nieminen, Petteri ^a   Mustonen, Anne Mari ^a   Kukkonen, Jussi V K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Lipase; Phytosterol; Testosterone; Thyroid hormone; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; HORMONES; LIPIDS; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; PLASMAS;

CAMPESTANOL; ESTROGENICITY; GLYCOGEN;

ENZYME KINETICS;

CAMPESTANOL; CAMPESTEROL; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATASE; GLYCOGEN; GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE; LEPTIN IMMUNOREACTIVE PEPTIDE; LIOTHYRONINE; MUSCLE ENZYME; PEPTIDE; PHOSPHORYLASE; PHYTOSTEROL; SITOSTANOL; SITOSTEROL; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FROG; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER; LOCOMOTION; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE LEVEL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; XENOPUS (GENUS); XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 7044234483     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.07.029     Document Type: Article

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