Estrogen agonist/antagonist properties of dibenzyl phthalate (DBzP) based on in vitro and in vivo assays

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-11

  Zhang, Zhaobin ^a   Hu, Ying ^a   Zhao, Liang ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Bai, Huicheng ^a   Zhu, Desheng ^a   Hu, Jianying ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anti estrogenicity; Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Estrogenicity; Phthalates; Plasticizer; Uterotrophic effect

Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN; ESTRADIOL; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBENZYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS GROWTH; UTERUS WEIGHT; YEAST;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MICE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PLASTICIZERS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; UTERUS;

EID: 80052691787     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2011.08.017     Document Type: Article

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