Effects of the UV filter benzophenone-3 (oxybenzone) at low concentrations in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 263, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 184-194

  Blüthgen, Nancy ^a,b   Zucchi, Sara ^a   Fent, Karl ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Benzophenone 1; Benzophenone 3; Bioconcentration; Gene expression; Gonad histology; Metabolism; UV filter

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 2; ALDOSTERONE SYNTHASE; ANTIANDROGEN; HSD17B3 PROTEIN; HSD3B PROTEIN; MEXENONE; OXYBENZONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; FERTILIZATION; FILTER; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BENZOPHENONES; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; TIME FACTORS; VITELLOGENINS; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 84865067808     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2012.06.008     Document Type: Article

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