Endocrine Disruption

TEDX List of Potential Endocrine Disruptors

1,2,4,6,7,8-hexachlorodibenzofuran

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CAS # 67562-40-7

Alternative Name

1,2,4,6,7,8-HxCDF

Category*
Byproduct/Intermediate/Reactant

Evidence Supporting This Chemical as an Endocrine Disruptor

Bandiera S, Sawyer T, Romkes M, Zmudzka B, Safe L, Mason G, Keys B, Safe S. 1984. Polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs): effects of structure on binding to the 2,3,7,8-TCDD cytosolic receptor protein, AHH induction and toxicity. Toxicology 32(2):131-144.

*Category References

ATSDR. 1994. Toxicological profile for Chlorodibenzofurans.

Bandiera S, Sawyer T, Romkes M, Zmudzka B, Safe L, Mason G, Keys B, Safe S. 1984. Polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs): effects of structure on binding to the 2,3,7,8-TCDD cytosolic receptor protein, AHH induction and toxicity. Toxicology 32(2):131-144.

Mason G, Sawyer T, Keys B, Bandiera S, Romkes M, Piskorska-Pliszczynska J, Zmudzka B, Safe S. 1985. Polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs): correlation between in vivo and in vitro structure-activity relationships. Toxicology 37(1-2):1-12.

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