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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 28.
Published in final edited form as: Endocr Disruptors (Austin). 2015 Jul 28;3(1):e1069916. doi: 10.1080/23273747.2015.1069916

Table 1.

Sensitive Markers of Oxidative Stress and Their Use in Studies on Representative EDCsΔ

Measure of Oxidative
Stress
Target
Biomolecule
Sensitive Analytical
Methods*
Sample
Matrix
EDCs Studied -
Direct Exposure
EDCs Studied -
Fetal Exposure
o,o-dityrosine (DiY), 3-chlorotyrosine (ClY), and 3-nitrotyrosine (NY) Amino acids LC-MS/MS; GC-MS/MS Plasma, serum, urine, tissues NS^ BPA1
F2-isoprostanes Lipids LC-MS; GC-MS Plasma, urine PCBs,28 OP pesticides,29 PAHs53 NS^
Free Fatty Acids (FFA) Lipids GC; GC-MS Plasma, tissues OP pesticides38 BPA,1 phthalates37
8-oxodG DNA HPLC-ECD Urine, tissues phthalates,17 BPA,54 PAHs55 BPA56,57
8-oxoGuo RNA HPLC-ECD Urine, tissues NS^ NS^
Cellular redox potentials Cell HPLC Plasma, serum, blood, tissue NS^ NS^
*

Only the most sensitive analytical methods reported

^

Not yet studied in published literature

Δ

Representative EDCs considered for this table included bisphenol a (BPA), phthalates, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), lead, organophosphate (OP) and organochlorine (OC) pesticides, organotins, flame retardants, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)