Disruption of the steroid metabolome in fish caused by exposure to the environmental estrogen 17α-ethinylestradiol

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3552-3558

  Flores Valverde, Anel M ^a   Horwood, Julia ^a   Hill, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION-DEPENDENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; ENVIRONMENTAL ESTROGENS; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FISH TISSUE; GONADAL TISSUE; METABOLITE PROFILING; METABOLOMES; METABOLOMICS; MODE OF ACTION; RUTILUS RUTILUS; SEX STEROIDS; STEROID BIOSYNTHESIS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BODY FLUIDS; HISTOLOGY; LIVER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE;

FISH;

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; 11ALPHA HYDROXYANDROSTENEDIONE; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CORTISONE; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CYPRINID; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FEMINIZATION; FERTILITY; HOMEOSTASIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; STEROID;

ANDROGEN METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE; BILE LEVEL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; GONAD; LIVER; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLOMICS; NONHUMAN; OVARY; RUTILUS RUTILUS; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; STEROID METABOLISM; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; FISHES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HYDROCORTISONE; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; METABOLOME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STEROIDS;

RUTILUS RUTILUS;

EID: 77951821521     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9039049     Document Type: Article

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