Global Endocrine Disruptor Research Project Level Inventory
Germany by Primary Focus
- Influence of environmental pollutants on physiology of cells of female reproductive tract from farm animals
- The effect of endocrine active substances upon soil invertebrates and fresh water fish
- Development of a vitellogenin assay with fish hepatocytes
- Endocrine chemicals in fish and fish cells - strategies for ecotoxicological testing
- Development and testing of in vivo experimentals designs aimed at assessingthe effects (if any) of endocrine-disrupting chemicals on reproduction onfish.
- Vitellogenin assay with fish hepatocytes
- Endocrine modulating effects in fish along the Elbe river and in reference areas. Assessment of risks related to the habitat conditions and the naturalvariability of endocrine functions
- Ecotoxicological relevance of endocrine reactive compounds in the aquatic environment. Investigations along the Elbe River as a model
- Estrogenous effects of xenobiotics: Trial run of an in vitro testsystem for detecting estrogenous effects of xenobiotics with genetically engineered yeast
- Detection of environmental contaminants with estrogenic effects by means of isolated fish hepatocytes
Exposure Assessment
- Development of a bioassay with Marisa cornuarietis (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) for the assessment of environmental chemicals with hormone-mimetic effects
- Human exposure to phyto- and xenoestrogens using selected chemicals as examples
- Release and fate of estrogenic and (anti)androgenic substances to the aquatic environment
- Endocrine disruptors
- Amphibians as a model to study endocrine disruptors
- estrogenic activity in northern bavarian rivers, lakes and springs
- Development of a bioassay with Marisa cornuarietis (Gastropoda:Prosobranchia) for the assessment of environmental chemicals withhormone-mimetic effects
- Assessment of morpho- and histopathological effects of organotin compounds on marine gastropods with special reference to their suitability for a future biological effect monitoring
- Concentrations of estrogenously effective/acting substances in the environment
- Materials Flow Analysis of major Endocrine Disrupting Industrial Chemicals (Bisphenol A; Dibutylphthalate/Benzylbutylphthalate; Nonylphenol/Alkylphenolethoxylates)
- Release and fate of estrogenic and (anti)androgenic substances into theaquatic environment Release and fate of estrogenic and (anti)androgenic substances into theaquatic environment
- Alkylphenols in agricultural ecosystems
Human Health Effects
- Mechanism and biological significance of aneuploidy induction by carcinogenic estrogens and other non-genotoxic carcinogens
- Environment-dependent brain development mediated by hormones andneurotransmitters Environment-dependent brain development mediated by hormones andneurotransmitters Environment-dependent brain development mediated by hormones andneurotransmitters
- Endocrine modulators and the human female reproductive system
- Influence of environmental estrogens on testicular cell function as a possible cause for male fertility disturbances
- Neurobiology of Behaviour
- Investigation of the influence of chlorinated hydrocarbons on the intercellular communication via gap junctions and the regulation thereof by intracellular calcium in cultivated somatic cells of the female reproductive tract of the cow.
- Genetic toxicity of estrogenic agents
- Development of a bioassay with Marisa cornuarietis (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) for the assessment of environmental chemicals with hormone-mimetic effects
Ecological Effects
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