环境雌激素双酚 A 的研究进展.

Environmental hormones is one of the hot spots in the modern life science research. Nowadays more and more people begin to pay attention to this topic. It is filled with a variety of chemical toxic reagents in our living environment. Among them, there’s a class of substances which can simulate or inhibit hormone activity, called endocrine disruptors. Endocrine disruptors have the ability to change the structure and function of the endocrine system. Bisphenol A is an environmental estrogen, which belongs to one of endocrine disruptors. Bisphenol A is widely used in the manufacture of polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resins. Bisphenol A has a weak estrogenic effect and can bind to estrogen receptors, causing the endocrine system response. The present study shows that bisphenol A affect embryonic development cross the blood placental barrier and damage the neuroendocrine system, liver function and reproductive development. This paper summarizes many adverse effects caused by the environmental estrogen bisphenol A during developmental stage in mice and discusses the research direction of environmental hormones in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]