Definition, classification and mechanism of action of endocrine disrupting chemicals

Wolfgang Wuttke, Hubertus Jarry, Dana Seidlovα-Wuttke

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Hormones are peptides/proteins, lipids or aminoacid derivatives which after their secretion act on receptors to cause reactions within the respective receptive cells. Each cell of the body is in one way or another regulated by hormones. Hence, hormones exert innumerable effects on the organism of animals and humans …