Open AccessMeasurement of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers and Metabolites in Mouse Plasma after Exposure to a Commercial Pentabromodiphenyl Ether Mixture
Author(s) -
Xinghua Qiu,
Minerva Mercado-Feliciano,
Robert M. Bigsby,
Ronald A. Hites
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.10011
Subject(s) - diphenyl ether , polybrominated diphenyl ethers , polybrominated biphenyls , environmental chemistry , ether , chemistry , chromatography , organic chemistry , toxicology , biology , pollutant
Previous studies have shown that polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) behave as weak estrogens in animal and cell culture bioassays. In vivo metabolites of PBDEs are suspected to cause these effects.
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