In vitro metabolism of the brominated flame retardants 2-ethylhexyl-2,3,4, 5-tetrabromobenzoate (TBB) and bis(2-ethylhexyl) 2,3,4,5-tetrabromophthalate (TBPH) in human and rat tissues

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1435-1441

  Roberts, Simon C ^a   MacAulay, Laura J ^a   Stapleton, Heather M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 ETHYLHEXYL 2,3,4,5 TETRABROMOBENZOATE; 2,3,4,5 TETRABROMOBENZOIC ACID; BENZOIC ACID; BIS (2 ETHYLHEXYL) 2,3,4,5 TETRABROMOPHTHALATE; CARBOXYLESTERASE; FLAME RETARDANT; MONOHEXYL 2,3,4,5 TETRACHLOROPHTHALATE; PHTHALIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BROMINATION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER MICROSOME; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TISSUE METABOLISM; TOXICOKINETICS;

AIR POLLUTION; ANIMALS; BENZOATES; CARBOXYLESTERASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; KINETICS; LIVER; MICROSOMES, LIVER; PHTHALIC ACIDS; RATS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS; SUS;

EID: 84863885617     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: 15205010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx300086x     Document Type: Article

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