Alpha and beta isomers of tetrabromoethylcyclohexane (TBECH) flame retardant: Depletion and metabolite formation in vitro using a model rat microsomal assay

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 10263-10270

  Chu, Shaogang ^a   Gauthier, Lewis T ^a   Letcher, Robert J ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTROL; DEBROMINATION; IN-VITRO; INCUBATION PERIODS; MOLECULAR FORMULA; PEAK AREA; RAT LIVER MICROSOMES; TIME-DEPENDENT;

BIOMOLECULES; BROMINE; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; ENZYMES; ISOMERS; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; PHYSIOLOGY; RATS;

ASSAYS;

BETA MONOHYDROXY TETRABROMOETHYLCYCLOHEXANE; CYCLOHEXANE; CYTOCHROME P450; DIHYDROXY TETRABROMOETHYLCYCLOHEXANE; FLAME RETARDANT; TETRABROMOETHYLCYCLOHEXANE; TETRABROMOETHYLCYCLOHEXANE ALPHA; TETRABROMOETHYLCYCLOHEXANE BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOASSAY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CYTOCHROME; METABOLITE; MICROCOSM; RODENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; CELL METABOLISM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBROMINATION; ENZYME ASSAY; HYDROXYLATION; ISOMER; LIVER MICROSOME; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; CYCLOHEXANES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLAME RETARDANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOMERISM; MICROSOMES, LIVER; MODELS, MOLECULAR; RATS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

RATTUS;

EID: 84866395122     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es301546h     Document Type: Article

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