Sulfation of Environmental Estrogens by Cytosolic Human Sulfotransferases

Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 221-228

  Nishiyama, Takahito ^a   Ogura, Kenichiro ^a   Kaku, Teppei ^a   Takahashi, Eriko ^a   Ohkubo, Yasunari ^a   Sekine, Koji ^a   Hiratsuka, Akira ^a   Watabe, Tadashi ^a   Nakano, Hiroaki ^b   Kadota, Shigetoshi ^c  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b JAPAN TOBACCO INC   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

endocrine disrupting chemicals; environmental estrogen; human; kinetic parameter; phytoestrogen; sulfotransferase

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958195972     PISSN: 13474367     EISSN: 18800920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2133/dmpk.17.221     Document Type: Article

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