Quantitative assessment of the embryotoxic potential of NSO-heterocyclic compounds using zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 224-232

  Peddinghaus, Sabrina ^a   Brinkmann, Markus ^a   Bluhm, Kerstin ^a   Sagner, Anne ^b   Hinger, Gunnar ^c   Braunbeck, Thomas ^c   Eisenträger, Adolf ^a,d   Tiehm, Andreas ^b   Hollert, Henner ^a   Keiter, Steffen H ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Water Technology Center   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Embryo toxicity; Fish embryo toxicity test; Heterocyclic aromatic compounds; NSO HET; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIMETHYLBENZOFURAN; 6 METHYLQUINOLINE; ACRIDINE; BENZOFURAN; BENZOTHIOPENE; CARBAZOLE; COLLIDINE; DIBENZOFURAN; DIBENZOTHIOPENE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; METHYLBENZOFURAN; PICOLINE; PYRIDINE; QUINOLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHENE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FISH EMBRYO TOXICITY TEST; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH HAZARD; HYDROPHOBICITY; LC 50; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY TESTING; VOLATILIZATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TERATOGENS; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 84858439206     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: 18731708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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