Potential risks of phthalate esters: Acquisition of endocrine-disrupting activity during environmental and metabolic processing

Journal of Health Science

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 497-503

  Okamoto, Yoshinori ^a   Ueda, Koji ^a   Kojima, Nakao ^a  

^a MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor; Light exposure; Microbial biotransformation; Microsomal metabolism; Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor; Plasticizer

Indexed keywords

ALKYL GROUP; CYTOCHROME P450; DI N PROPYLPHTHALATE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PHTHALIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL MONOESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROXYLATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIVER MICROSOME METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTODEGRADATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUN EXPOSURE; TOXICITY TESTING; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

EID: 82855178915     PISSN: 13449702     EISSN: 13475207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/jhs.57.497     Document Type: Article

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