Metabolomics of brain and reproductive organs: Characterizing the impact of gestational exposure to butylbenzyl phthalate on dams and resultant offspring

Metabolomics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1012-1025

  Banerjee, Ranjan ^a,b,c   Pathmasiri, Wimal ^a   Snyder, Rodney ^a   McRitchie, Susan ^a   Sumner, Susan ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

BBP; Brain; Gestational exposure; Metabolomics; NMR; Phthalates; Testes; Uterus

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER; PURINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; MALE; MARE; METABOLITE; METABOLOMICS; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID METABOLISM; PROGENY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PURINE METABOLISM; RAT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

RATTUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84868341254     PISSN: 15733882     EISSN: 15733890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11306-011-0396-y     Document Type: Article

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