Hormonal activities of new brominated flame retardants

Chemosphere

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 820-824

  Ezechias M ^a,b   Svobodova K ^a   Cajthaml, T ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

2,4,6 Tribromophenol; Brominated flame retardants; Endocrine disruptors; Yeast reporter gene assays

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; GENES; YEAST;

2 ,4 ,6-TRIBROMOPHENOL; ALTERNATIVE FLAME RETARDANTS; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; COMMERCIAL MIXTURES; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVITY; YEAST REPORTER GENE ASSAYS;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

1,2 BIS(2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOXY)ETHANE; 2 ALLYLOXY 1,3,5 TRIBROMOBENZENE; 2,3,4,5,6 PENTABROMOETHYLBENZENE; 2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOL; ANDROGEN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL)TETRABROMOPHTHALATE; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANT; DECABROMOBIPHENYL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOBENZENE; LUCIFERASE; PENTABROMOBENZYL ACRYLATE; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A BIS(DIBROMOPROPYL ETHER); TETRABROMOPHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOASSAY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; HORMONE; PHENOL; YEAST;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONE INHIBITION; IC 50; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

EID: 84858621579     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.12.049     Document Type: Article

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