Endocrine Disruption
TEDX List of Potential Endocrine Disruptors
dipentyl phthalate
CAS # 131-18-0
Alternative Names
DPP
DPeP
DnPP
di-n-pentyl phthalate
diamyl phthalate
Categories*
Industrial additive
Plastic/Rubber
Evidence Supporting This Chemical as an Endocrine Disruptor
Hannas BR, Furr J, Lambright CS, Wilson VS, Foster PM, Gray LE Jr. 2011. Dipentyl phthalate dosing during sexual differentiation disrupts fetal testis function and postnatal development of the male Sprague-Dawley rat with greater relative potency than other phthalates. Toxicol Sci 120(1):184-193.
Lu KY, Tseng FW, Wu CJ, Liu PS. 2004. Suppression by phthalates of the calcium signaling of human nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells. Toxicology 200(2-3):113-121.
*Category References
US National Library of Medicine. Haz-Map.