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Endocrine Disrupting Compounds - Final Exam Flashcards

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1
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EDC

A

Endocrine disrupting compounds

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What can EDC have an effect on? (3)

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  1. Health
  2. Growth
  3. Reproduction
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What are 7 types of EDC?

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  1. Pesticides, herbicides, fungicides
  2. Polyaromatic compounds
  3. Organic oxygen compounds
  4. Surfactants
  5. Drugs
  6. Metals
  7. Phytoestrogens
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What it bisphenol A used in the manufacture of?

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Some clear plastics

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What are 2 examples that bisphenol A is made in?

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  1. Baby feeding bottles

2. Lines most tin cans

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6
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What does bisphenol A bind to?

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GPCR30

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What potency does phthalates have compared to 17beta-estradiol?

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6-7x less potency

- weakly estrogenic

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What does phthalates do to plastic?

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Makes them bendier

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BPA

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Bisphenol A

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What does bisphenol A have an effect on? (2)

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  1. Reproductive organs

2. Daily sperm production

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What is the unique/ unusual problem about bisphenol A?

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That it causes problems at both high and low doses

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What does BPA do that was discovered in mice but have the same effect in humans?

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Found to have insulin resistance

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DES

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Diethylstilbestrol

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What is diethylstilbestrol used in?

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Crystallization elements

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What are 2 examples of isoflavones?

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  1. Soybeans

2. Legumes

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What are 2 things isoflavones may do?

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  1. Impede sexual maturation of boys

2. Accelerate sexual maturation of girls

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What does a soy-fed baby receive daily?

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Increase in estrogen

18
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CAFIA

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Czech agriculture and food inspection authority

19
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What are 2 supplements that are under analysis for being banned for sportsmen?

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  1. Creatine

2. Pyruvate

20
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What are 2 banned anabolic steroids?

A
  1. 19-norandrostenedione

2. Androstenedione

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