Open AccessENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS ARE A NOVEL DIRECTION OF ENDOCRINOLOGIC SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION
Author(s) -
Н В Яглова,
Валентин Васильевич Яглов
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
vestnik rossijskoj akademii medicinskih nauk
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.122
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2414-3545
pISSN - 0869-6047
DOI - 10.15690/vramn.v67i3.186
Subject(s) - endocrine system , hormone , bisphenol a , polybrominated diphenyl ethers , endocrine disruptor , receptor , chemistry , environmental chemistry , endocrinology , biology , biochemistry , ecology , pollutant , organic chemistry , epoxy
Endocrine disruptors are exogenous anthropogenic chemicals (pesticides, herbicides, polychlorinated biphenyls, bisphenol A, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, phthalates and others), that are able to bind hormonal receptors of endocrine and other cells in vivo and act like hormones. These substances disrupt endocrine regulation of metabolism, reproduction and adaptive reactions of organisms and promote human and animal endocrine disorders.