Prepubertal exposure to commercial formulation of the herbicide glyphosate alters testosterone levels and testicular morphology

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 309-317

  Romano, R M ^a   Romano, M A ^b   Bernardi, M M ^a   Furtado, P V ^a   Oliveira, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b State University of Centro Oeste   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Glyphosate; Prepubertal exposure; Roundup; Testicular morphology; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; GLYPHOSATE; HERBICIDE; TESTOSTERONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLYCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; TISSUE STRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PUBERTY; TESTIS;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTRADIOL; GLYCINE; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HERBICIDES; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PUBERTY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 77950479726     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-009-0494-z     Document Type: Article

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