Enhancement of AhR-mediated activity of selected pollutants and their mixtures after interaction with dissolved organic matter

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 960-964

  Bittner, Michal ^a   Macikova, Petra ^a   Giesy, John P ^b,c,d,e   Hilscherova, Klara ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

AhR; H4IIE luc; Humic substances; Interaction; Mixture; Organic pollutants

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE; BINARY MIXTURES; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; HYDROCARBONS; INDUSTRIAL POISONS; MIXTURES; PYRENE;

ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; H4IIE-LUC; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC COMPOUND; INTERACTION; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS);

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 3,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FLUORANTHENE; FRESH WATER; HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FRESHWATER; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PCB; SORPTION; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELL PROTECTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTANT;

EID: 79955578468     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.03.016     Document Type: Article

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