Aqueous leaf extracts display endocrine activities in vitro and disrupt sexual differentiation of male Xenopus laevis tadpoles in vivo.

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Published in Gen Comp Endocrinol on March 11, 2010

Authors

Björn Hermelink1, Ralph Urbatzka, Claudia Wiegand, Stephan Pflugmacher, Ilka Lutz, Werner Kloas

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Ecophysiology and Aquaculture, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Müggelseedamm 310, D-12587 Berlin, Germany. hermelink@igb-berlin.de

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