Estrogenic endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are natural hormones, synthetic
compounds or industrial chemicals that mimic estrogens due to their structural similarity with …

Vitellogenins (Vg) are the major precursor of the egg-yolk proteins, vitellins (Vn), which
provide energy reserves for embryonic development in oviparous organisms. In mature …

Much recent interest has focused on “xenoestrogens” in the environment. The potential for
these chemicals to disrupt hormonal function in wildlife has led to the development of …

A wide range of organic contaminant compounds prevalent in the aquatic environment has
been shown to exhibit hormone-disrupting activity. The actual potency of such compounds …

In this comparative study, the suitability of the commonly used in vivo biomarker for
estrogenicity, vitellogenin (VTG), upon waterborne exposure to known environmental …

Vitellogenins (Vg) are the major precursor of the egg-yolk proteins, vitellins (Vn), which
provide energy reserves for embryonic development in oviparous organisms. They are high …

Ecological risk assessors have a growing need for sensitive and rapid indicators of
environmental exposures in aquatic ecosystems resulting from natural and synthetic …

Endocrine‐disrupting compounds have the potential to alter hormone pathways that
regulate reproductive processes. With the exception of endocrine effects leading to …

The induction of vitellogenin in oviparous vertebrates has become the gold standard
biomarker of exposure to estrogenic chemicals in the environment. This biomarker of …

Vitellogenin (Vtg) is an established and sensitive endpoint for analysis of exposure to (anti-)
oestrogens and their mimics in fish [Sumpter, JP, 1995. Feminized responses in fish to …