Assessment of estrogenic activity conducted by combining bioassay and chemical analyses of the effluent from wastewater treatment plants in nanjing, China

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1279-1286

  Lu, Guanghua ^a   Zhang, Haizhen ^a   Wang, Chao ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carassias auratus; Causative agents; Vitellogenin; Wastewater effluents

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CAUSATIVE AGENTS; ESTROGENIC ACTIVITIES; METHANOL EXTRACT; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; NANJING , CHINA; NATURAL ESTROGEN; POLAR SOLVENTS; RECEIVING WATERS; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION; TREATMENT PROCESS; VITELLOGENIN; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER SAMPLES; YANGTZE RIVER;

AQUACULTURE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICALS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EXTRACTION; METHANOL; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EFFLUENTS;

4 OCTYLPHENOL; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; METHANOL; VITELLOGENIN;

BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CYPRINID; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FEMINIZATION; SOLVENT; TOXICITY TEST; WASTEWATER;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELUTION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMINIZATION; GOLDFISH; HORMONE DETERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHINA; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; GOLDFISH; MALE; RIVERS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; VITELLOGENINS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; JIANGSU; NANJING [JIANGSU]; YANGTZE RIVER;

CARASSIUS AURATUS;

EID: 77953597368     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.155     Document Type: Article

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