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. 2014 Sep 12;141(1):78–89. doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kfu103

TABLE 1. Estrogenic Activities of the Test Compounds in the In Vivo Uterotrophic Bioassay, U2OS ERα CALUX Assay, Yeast Estrogen Bioassay, and ERα Coregulator Binding Assay.

Compound CAS no. Uterotrophic assay log RPa U2OS ERα CALUX bioassay Yeast estrogen bioassay ERα coregulator binding assay
EC50 (M) log REP RTA (%) EC50 (M) log REP RTA (%) Median EC50e/IC50f (M) log RBP
Estradiol 50-28-2 2.0 8.8 × 10−12 2.0 100 8.7 × 10−10 2.0 100 7.5 × 10−9e 2.0
Equilin 474-86-2 1.7 6.5 × 10−11 1.1 95 8.7 × 10−09 1.0 105 3.4 × 10−8e 1.3
Mestranol 72-33-3 2.0 3.2 × 10−10 0.4 84 7.9 × 10−09 1.0 88 5.1 × 10−7e 0.2
DES-ME 7773-60-6 1.9 2.4 × 10−10 0.6 88 1.8 × 10−09 1.7 94 1.7 × 10−7e 0.6
Bisphenol A 80-05-7 −1.6 2.7 × 10−07 −2.5 136 2.0 × 10−05 −2.4 76 −5.0
Bisphenol B 77-40-7 +b 1.2 × 10−07 −2.1 144 5.0 × 10−06 −1.8 87 3.2 × 10−6f na
Bisphenol C1 14868-03-2 NAc 2.7 × 10−08 −1.5 133 2.2 × 10−07 −0.4 93 2.7 × 10−8f na
Bisphenol C2 79-97-0 NA 2.1 × 10−07 −2.4 125 4.5 × 10−06 −1.6 87 7.4 × 10−4f na
Butyl paraben 94-26-8 + 2.9 × 10−06 −3.5 256 5.1 × 10−06 −1.8 86 −5.0
Atrazine 1912-24-9 −5.0d b −5.0 1 −5.0 1 −5.0
Vinclozolin 50471-44-8 −5.0 −5.0 8 −5.0 4 −5.0

aMedian relative potency values based on the uterotrophic assay in mouse or rat, derived from EDKB (NCTR, USA) (Ding et al., 2010). Estradiol is used as a reference chemical and is defined to have a relative potency of 100 (log RP = 2.0).

b+ = positive; − = negative.

cNA = not available; na = not applicable.

dA cut-off value of −5.0 is listed for compounds showing no effect.