Comparative toxicity of organophosphate flame retardants and polybrominated diphenyl ethers to Caenorhabditis elegans

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 241-252

  Behl, Mamta ^a   Rice, Julie R ^a   Smith, Marjo V ^b   Co, Caroll A ^b   Bridge, Matthew F ^b   Hsieh, Jui Hua ^a   Freedman, Jonathan H ^c   Boyd, Windy A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^c University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Flame retardants; Mitochondrial toxicity

Indexed keywords

2 ETHYLHEXYL DIPHENYL PHOSPHATE; 2,2',4,4' TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4',5 PENTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 3,3',5,5' TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; 3,3',5,5' TETRABROMOBISPHENOL BISPHENOL A; CHLORPYRIFOS; FLAME RETARDANT; ISODECYL DIPHENYL PHOSPHATE; ISOPROPYLATED PHENOL PHOSPHATE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PENTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; PHOSPHORIC ACID TRIS(2 CHLOROETHYL) ESTER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; TERT BUTYLPHENYL DIPHENYL PHOSPHATE; TRI ORTHO CRESYL PHOSPHATE; TRIMETHYL PHENYL PHOSPHATE; TRIPHENYL PHOSPHATE; TRIS(1,3 DICHLORO ISOPROPYL)PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; IN VITRO STUDY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MITOCHONDRIAL TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; YOUNG ADULT; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; EATING; EMBRYOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; LARVA; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MITOCHONDRIA; ORGANOPHOSPHONATES; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 85040628728     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfw162     Document Type: Article

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