Endocrine disruption by di-(2-ethylhexyl)-phthalate in Chinese rare minnow (Gobiocypris rarus)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1846-1854

  Wang, Xiaofang ^a,b   Yang, Yuanjin ^c   Zhang, Liping ^a   Ma, Yanbo ^a   Han, Jian ^a   Yang, Lihua ^a   Zhou, Bingsheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c China Three Gorges Corporation   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese rare minnow; Di (2 ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP); Endocrine disruption; Hypothalamic pituitary gonadal (HPG) axis; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-GONADAL (HPG) AXIS; PHTHALATES; RARE MINNOWS; SEX HORMONES;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; ESTERS; FISH; FISHERIES; GENES; HORMONES; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

TRANSCRIPTION;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; TESTOSTERONE; VITELLOGENIN;

ADULT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYPRINID; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PHTHALATE; SEX HORMONE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GOBIOCYPRIS RARUS; GONAD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

CHINESE RARE MINNOW; DI-(2-ETHYLHEXYL)-PHTHALATE (DEHP); ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-GONADAL (HPG) AXIS; SEX HORMONES;

ANIMALS; CHINA; CYPRINIDAE; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GONADS; LIVER; MALE; TESTOSTERONE; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; THREE GORGES RESERVOIR; YANGTZE RIVER;

CYPRINIDAE; GOBIOCYPRIS RARUS;

EID: 84880305731     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2261     Document Type: Article

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