Effects of butachlor on reproduction and hormone levels in adult zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 65, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 205-209

  Chang, Juhua ^a   Liu, Shaoying ^b   Zhou, Shengli ^c   Wang, Minghua ^a   Zhu, Guonian ^b  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Zhejiang Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

Author keywords

Butachlor; Reproduction; Sex steroid; Thyroid hormone; Vitellogenin; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

BUTOCLOR; ESTRADIOL; HERBICIDE; LIOTHYRONINE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; EGG PRODUCTION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPAWNING; ZEBRA FISH;

ACETANILIDES; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; THYROID HORMONES; TIME FACTORS; VITELLOGENINS; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 84870242136     PISSN: 09402993     EISSN: 16181433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etp.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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