Biological impact of phthalates

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-58

  Mankidy, Rishikesh ^a   Wiseman, Steve ^a   Ma, Hong ^a   Giesy, John P ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Caspase; Embryotoxicity; Oxidative stress; Phthalate

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; CASPASE 3; DI(2 ETHY HEXYL)PHTHALATE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; SEX HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL MECHANISM OF TOXICITY; CYTOTOXICITY; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FISH; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEROIDOGENESIS; SYNTHESIS; TOXICITY; TRANSACTIVATION; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

EID: 84872150904     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2012.11.025     Document Type: Article

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