How safe is bisphenol A? Fundamentals of toxicity: Metabolism, electron transfer and oxidative stress

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-4

  Kovacic, Peter ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ADENYLATE KINASE; CATALASE; CATECHOL; GLUCURONIDE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

DETOXIFICATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; EDITORIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTOXICITY; HYDROXYLATION; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SAFETY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HUMANS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOLS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77953363732     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2010.03.002     Document Type: Editorial

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