The estrogenic potential of salicylate esters and their possible risks in foods and cosmetics

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 146-153

  Zhang, Zhaobin ^a   Jia, Chengxia ^b   Hu, Ying ^a   Sun, Libei ^a   Jiao, Jian ^a   Zhao, Liang ^a   Zhu, Desheng ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Tian, Yonglu ^a   Bai, Huicheng ^a   Li, Ruobao ^a   Hu, Jianying ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Beijing Fisheries Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Benzyl salicylate; Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Estrogenicity; Health risk; Salicylate esters; Uterotrophic effect

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; COSMETIC; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; SALICYLIC ACID BENZYL ESTER; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SALICYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; SALICYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; SALICYLIC ACID PHENETHYL ESTER; SALICYLIC ACID PHENYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOOD; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; RAT; UTERUS WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; COSMETICS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SALICYLATES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

MUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84862779914     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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