Effects of azole fungicides on the function of sex and thyroid hormones

  Intact animals Castrated control Control Flutamide Tebuconazole
50 mg/kg
Tebuconazole
100 mg/kg
Tebuconazole
150 mg/kg
Propiconazole
50 mg/kg
Propiconazole
100 mg/kg
Propiconazole
150 mg/kg
PBP C3/ 18S 61.8±4.5 1.04±0.81* 51.7±4.66 6.07±1.85* 41.1±1.95 42.0±6.16 38.2±2.49 36.5±5.20 30.6±1.04 32.8±2.33
ODC/ 18S (x 10-3) 13.3±1.02* 4.42±1.38* 24.7±1.91 9.03±1.78* 24.0±1.53 22.8±1.84 17.8±0.44* 18.2±1.51* 16.6±1.30* 18.8±1.49*
TRPM-2/ 18S (x 10-2) 1.62±0.48 25.5±10.2* 0.93±0.08 7.56±4.13* 1.02±0.10 1.05±0.16 1.07±0.09 0.94±0.09 1.06±0.12 1.05±0.07
Compl.C3/ 18S (x 10-4) 4.02±1.43 19.5±9.29* 3.72±0.52 35.5±18.3* 5.71±1.62 4.97±0.85 6.87±2.59 5.40±1.52 5.23±2.61 2.40±0.19

All animals, except the intact and castrated controls, received testosterone propionate. The group named “Control” is the group used as control in the statistical analysis.

Data represent the mean±SEM; N=6.

* indicate statistically significant compared to controls by Dunnett’s test (P<0.05).

 



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