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Low dose 4-MBC effect on neuroendocrine regulation of reproductive axis in adult male rats
- Source :
- Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology. 26:222-224
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2008.
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Abstract
- 4-Methylbenzylidene camphor (4-MBC) is an ultraviolet absorbent. The objective of this paper was to evaluate the effect of 4-MBC low-dose exposure on the neuroendocrine reproductive regulation in male rats. Wistar male adult rats were injected sc. with 4-MBC during 5 days with a dose of 2 and 10 mg/kg or during 2 days with a dose of 2 and 20 mg/kg. In all rats serum prolactin, LH and FSH concentration were assayed. The hypothalamus of rats injected during 2 days were also dissected to study GnRH release. Rats that received 2 and 10 mg/kg of 4-MBC during 5 days showed a decrease in the LH and FSH serum concentration. In rats injected during 2 days, serum LH decreased with 2 and 20 mg/kg and FSH decreased with 2 mg/kg of 4-MBC. In vitro hypothalamic GnRH release also decreased in these animals. These results show that low doses of 4-MBC inhibit the reproductive axis in adult male rats.
- Subjects :
- Pharmacology
endocrine system
medicine.medical_specialty
Adult male
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Low dose
General Medicine
Serum concentration
Biology
Toxicology
In vitro
Serum prolactin
Endocrinology
Hypothalamus
Internal medicine
Male rats
medicine
hormones, hormone substitutes, and hormone antagonists
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13826689
- Volume :
- 26
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1597b044e05fb4c42e1476df1623e0ec