Effects of combined exposure to 17α-ethynylestradiol and dibutyl phthalate on the growth and reproduction of adult male zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 107, Issue , 2014, Pages 61-70

  Xu, Nan ^a   Chen, Pengyu ^a   Liu, Lei ^a   Zeng, Yaqiong ^a   Zhou, Haixia ^a   Li, Song ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

17 Ethynylestradiol (EE2); Acyl CoA oxidase; Dibutyl phthalate (DBP); Male zebrafish; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A OXIDASE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; VITELLOGENIN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FISH; GROWTH RESPONSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; TOXICOLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ECOTOXICITY; GAMETOGENESIS; GILL; GROWTH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER INJURY; MALE; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON; SURVIVAL RATE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LIVER; METABOLISM; TESTIS; TOXICITY;

ACYL-COA OXIDASE; ANIMALS; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; GAMETOGENESIS; GILLS; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; VITELLOGENINS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84901747918     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.05.001     Document Type: Article

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