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Oestrogenic Activity of Parabens In Vitro Estrogen Assays  

Lee Sung-Hoon (Department of Veterinary Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)
Kim Sun-Jung (Department of Veterinary Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)
Park Jung-Ran (Department of Veterinary Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)
Jo Eun-Hye (Department of Veterinary Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)
Ahn Nam-Shik (Department of Veterinary Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)
Park Joon-Suk (Department of Veterinary Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)
Hwang Jae-Woong (Department of Veterinary Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)
Jung Ji-Youn (Department of Companion and Laboratory Animal Science, Kongju National University)
Lee Yong-Soon (Department of Veterinary Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)
Kang Kyung-Sun (Department of Veterinary Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)
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Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety / v.21, no.2, 2006 , pp. 100-106 More about this Journal
Abstract
The use of underarm and body care cosmetics with oestrogenic chemical excipients (particularly the parabens) and the hypothesized association with breast cancer incidence, particularly in women. It is noted that the type of cosmetic product is irrelevant (e.g. antiperspirant/deodorant versus body lotion, moisturizers or sprays versus creams) and attention must focus on issues of actual exposure to chemicals through continued dermal application of body care products and the endocrine/hormonal activity and toxicity of the chemicals in the formulations. To evaluate the estrogenic activities of parabens such as ethylparaben, butylparaben, propylparaben, isobutylparaben and isopropylparaben, we used recombinant yeasts containing the human estrogen receptor [Saccharomyces cerevisiae ER+LYS 8127], human breast cancer MCF-7 cell lines and human estrogen receptor ${\alpha}\;and\;{\beta}$. In E-screen assays, isopropylparaben is the most estrogenic paraben, and in ER competition assay, isobutylparaben is the most estrogenic paraben. We evaluated isopropylparaben was most active in the recombinant yeast assay, followed by propylparaben, ethylparaben, isobutylparaben and butylparaben. Results from this study demonstrate that parabens are observed in human endocrine system. Therefore, we have shown that the parabens is induced the estrogenic activities similar to $17{\beta}$-estradiol and Bisphenol-A.
Keywords
ethylparaben; butylparaben; propylparaben; isobutylparaben; isopropylparaben; estrogenic effect; endocrine disrupter;
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