Performance of the flow cytometric E-screen assay in screening estrogenicity of pure compounds and environmental samples

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 4451-4460

  Vanparys, Caroline ^a   Depiereux, Sophie ^b   Nadzialek, Stéphanie ^b   Robbens, Johan ^a   Blust, Ronny ^a   Kestemont, Patrick ^b   De Coen, Wim ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^c EUROPEAN CHEMICALS AGENCY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Compound classification; E screen; Estrogenicity; Flow cytometry; Sewage treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE TREATMENT; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES; CELL CYCLE ANALYSIS; COMPLEX SAMPLES; COMPOUND CLASSIFICATION; E-SCREEN; END POINTS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MATRIXES; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGENIC ACTIVITIES; ESTROGENICITY; IN-VITRO; MCF-7 CELLS; PHOSPHORUS AND NITROGEN REMOVAL; PRIORITIZATION; PROLIFERATIVE EFFECTS; PURE COMPOUNDS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; TREATMENT PROCESS;

BIOACTIVITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICALS; EFFLUENTS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

SEWAGE TREATMENT;

4 NONYLPHENOL; 7,12 DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CAMPHECLOR; CHLORDECONE; CHLORPHENOTANE; ENDOSULFAN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; LINDANE; METHOXYCHLOR; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FLOW CYTOMETRY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTE FACILITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LAGOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR BINDING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCREENING; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; BIOASSAY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDY; METABOLISM; SEWAGE; TOXICITY; TUMOR CELL LINE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGENS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77955925744     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.06.049     Document Type: Article

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