Polybrominated diphenyl ethers and their hydroxylated/methoxylated analogs: Environmental sources, metabolic relationships, and relative toxicities

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 63, Issue 5-12, 2011, Pages 179-188

  Wiseman, Steve B ^a   Wan, Yi ^a   Chang, Hong ^a   Zhang, Xiaowei ^a   Hecker, Markus ^a,b   Jones, Paul D ^a,d   Giesy, John P ^a,c,e,f,g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ENTRIX INC   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d University of Saskatchewan   (Canada)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^h KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Biotransformation; Flame retardants; MeO BDE; Natural products; OH BDE; Review

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BROMINATED COMPOUNDS; BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; CHEMICALS OF CONCERN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE INVERTEBRATES; MARINE ORGANISMS; MEO-BDE; METABOLIC RELATIONSHIPS; NATURAL COMPOUNDS; NATURAL PRODUCTS; OH-BDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; PRIMARY SOURCES;

ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; MARINE BIOLOGY; POLYACRYLATES; TOXICITY;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN; HYDROXYLATED BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; LIOTHYRONINE; METHOXYLATED BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PBDE; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DEBROMINATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROXYLATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; METHOXYLATION; MICROSOME; NONHUMAN; STEROIDOGENESIS; TOXICOKINETICS; WILDLIFE; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HYDROXYLATION;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79960362344     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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