The metabolite 3,4,3',4'-tetrachloroazobenzene (TCAB) exerts a higher ecotoxicity than the parent compounds 3,4-dichloroaniline (3,4-DCA) and propanil

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 551-552, Issue , 2016, Pages 304-316

  Xiao, Hongxia ^a   Kuckelkorn, Jochen ^a   Nüßer, Leonie Katharina ^a   Floehr, Tilman ^a   Hennig, Michael Patrick ^a   Roß Nickoll, Martina ^a,c   Schäffer, Andreas ^a,b,c   Hollert, Henner ^a,b,c,d  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Tongji University ^*  (China)

Author keywords

3,4,3',4' Tetrachloroazobenzene (TCAB); AhR mediated activity; Endocrine disrupting; Propanil; Quantitative structure activity response model (QSAR); Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; BINDING ENERGY; BIODEGRADATION; COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; GENE EXPRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEROID HORMONES;

3,4,3',4'-TETRACHLOROAZOBENZENE (TCAB); ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING; MEDIATED ACTIVITIES; PROPANIL; RESPONSE MODEL; ZEBRAFISH;

TOXICITY;

3,4 DICHLOROANILINE; 3,4,3',4' TETRACHLOROAZOBENZENE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; PROPANIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 3,4,3',4'-TETRACHLOROAZOBENZENE; 3,4-DICHLOROANILINE; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; AZO COMPOUND; CHLOROBENZENE; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; HERBICIDE;

CHLOROBENZENE; CYPRINID; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HERBICIDE; METABOLITE; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ZEBRA FISH; ECOTOXICOLOGY; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

DANIO RERIO;

ANILINE COMPOUNDS; AZO COMPOUNDS; CHLOROBENZENES; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HERBICIDES; PROPANIL; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84957837939     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.02.019     Document Type: Article

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