The synthetic progestin megestrol acetate adversely affects zebrafish reproduction

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 150, Issue , 2014, Pages 66-72

  Han, Jian ^a,b   Wang, Qiangwei ^a,b   Wang, Xianfeng ^a,b   Li, Yonggang ^c   Wen, Sheng ^c   Liu, Shan ^d   Ying, Guangguo ^e   Guo, Yongyong ^a   Zhou, Bingsheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^e GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Hypothalamic pituitary gonadal axis; Progestin; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

11 KETO TESTOSTERONE; ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; MEGESTROL ACETATE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FISH; HORMONE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTION;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING SUCCESS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EGG PRODUCTION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HATCHING; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-GONADAL AXIS; PROGESTIN; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; MEGESTROL ACETATE; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84896109883     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2014.02.020     Document Type: Article

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