Effects of pubertal exposure to thiazole-Zn on thyroid function and development in female rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 100-104

  Yang, Honglian ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Kong, Qingxi ^b   Liu, Huanliang ^a   Sun, Rubao ^c   Lin, Bencheng ^a   Zhang, Huashan ^a   Xi, Zhuge ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (China)

^b Pharmaron Beijing Co Ltd   (China)

^c BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Pubertal development; Pubertal female assay; Thiazole Zn; Thyroid function

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; FUNGICIDE; LIOTHYRONINE; THIADIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLE ZINC; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOSE RESPONSE; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GOITER; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARY; PUBERTY; RAT; THYROID CELL; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID HYPERPLASIA; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HYPERTROPHY; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THIAZOLES; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; VAGINA; ZINC;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84871605780     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2012.11.003     Document Type: Article

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