Oral propylparaben administration to juvenile male wistar rats did not induce toxicity in reproductive organs

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 392-401

  Gazin, Vincent ^a   Marsden, Edward ^b   Marguerite, Fabien ^b  

^a AFSSAPS   (France)

^b Ricerca Biosciences SAS   (France)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptor; Parahydroxybenzoic acid ester; Propylparaben; Puberty; Spermatogenesis; Sulfotransferase

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYETHYLCELLULOSE; PROPYL PARABEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY DISTRIBUTION; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; GENITAL SYSTEM; HALF LIFE TIME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLASMA CLEARANCE; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPERM; TOXICOKINETICS;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; PARAHYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; PROPYLPARABEN; PUBERTY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SULFOTRANSFERASE.;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; GENITALIA, MALE; HALF-LIFE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PARABENS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84890339729     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kft211     Document Type: Article

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