Effects of mixtures of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) derived from cod liver oil on H295R steroidogenesis

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2328-2335

  Montano M ^a,b   Zimmer, K E ^c   Dahl, E ^c   Berg, V ^c   Olsaker, I ^c   Skaare, J U ^c,d   Murk, A J ^b   Ropstad, E ^c   Verhaegen, S ^c  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cod liver oil; Contaminants; Industrial waste; Mixture; Pharmaceutical liver oil; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

COD LIVER OIL; ESTRADIOL; FORSKOLIN; HYDROCORTISONE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3 BETA HYDROOXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 2 GENE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHROME P450 11B1 GENE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MELANOCORTIN 2 RECEPTOR GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; COD LIVER OIL; DNA PRIMERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROIDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79960840828     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.06.034     Document Type: Article

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