Vitellogenin as biomarker for estrogenicity in flounder Platichthys flesus in the field and exposed to 17α-ethinylestradiol via food and water in the laboratory

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 92, Issue , 2013, Pages 79-86

  Madsen, Louise Leonharder ^a   Korsgaard, Bodil ^a   Pedersen, Knud Ladegaard ^a   Bjerregaard, Lisette Bachmann ^a   Aagaard, Thomas ^a   Bjerregaard, Poul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

17 Ethinylestradiol; Accumulation; Dietary exposure; Estrogenic effect; Flounder; Platichthys flesus; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ACCUMULATION; DIETARY EXPOSURE; ESTROGENIC EFFECT; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FLOUNDER; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; VITELLOGENIN;

AQUACULTURE;

ETHINYLESTRADIOL; VITELLOGENIN; WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEMERSAL FISH; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FLATFISH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EXPOSURE; FEEDING; FOOD; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; TESTIS;

DENMARK;

PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

17Α-ETHINYLESTRADIOL; ACCUMULATION; DIETARY EXPOSURE; ESTROGENIC EFFECT; FLOUNDER; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; VITELLOGENIN;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY WEIGHT; DENMARK; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FLOUNDER; LIVER; MALE; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84887232085     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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