Antiandrogenic activity of humic substances

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 432, Issue , 2012, Pages 93-96

  Bittner, Michal ^a   Saul, Nadine ^b   Steinberg, Christian E W ^b  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antiandrogenic pathway; Hormone like effect; Humic substances

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; ANTI-ANDROGENIC; CELL LINES; CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; CONCENTRATION-DEPENDENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC EFFECT; FIREFLY LUCIFERASE; HORMONE-LIKE EFFECT; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; POTENTIAL ACTIVITIES; TRANSCRIPTIONAL CONTROL;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL CULTURE;

GENES;

COAL; FIREFLY LUCIFERASE; FULVIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EXPOSURE; HORMONE RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; LUCIFERASES, FIREFLY; NEUTRAL RED; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; TRANSFECTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84862318330     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.05.056     Document Type: Article

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