[³H]-T = Tritium - Testosteron

11-KT = 11-Keto-Testosteron

AAC = (Anti)androgene Substanzen

Abb. = Abbildung

AchE = Acetylcholinesterase

ARO = Aromatase

BPA = Bisphenol A

COMPRENDO = Comperative Research of Endocrine Disruptors

CYP = Cyproteronazetat

DDT = Dichlordiphenyltrichloraethan

DMRT1 = Double Sex - Map Related Transcription Factor 1

DNA = Desoxyribonukleinsaeure

dpm = „dots per minute“

E2 = 17ß-Oestradiol

ED(s) = endocrine disruptor(s)

EF = Elongationsfaktor 1α

EIA = EnzymImmunoAssay

ERE = E2 -responsive Elemente

et al. = et alii

EX1 = erste Exposition larvaler R. rutilus

EX2 = zweite Exposition larvaler R. rutilus

FEN = Fenarimol

FSH = Follikel stimulierende Hormon

GnRH = Gonadotropin-releasing Hormon

HE = Haematoxylin-Eosin

HHG = Hypothalamus-Hypophysen-Gonaden-Achse

HVL = Hypophysenvorderlappen

IC₅₀ = „inhibiting concentration 50 percent“

IGB = Leibniz-Institut fuer Gewaesseroekologie und Binnenfischerei

IgG = Immunglobulin G

IZ = interstitiellen (Leydigschen) Zellen

L = Liter

LC₅₀ = lethal concentration 50%

LET = Letrozol

LH = Luteinisierende Hormon

Lsg = Loesung

mRNA = messenger-Ribonukleinsaeure

MT = Methyltestosteron

NB = „nonspecific binding“ – unspezifische Bindung

OECD = Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

p, p`-DDE = Dichlordiphenyldichlorethylen

PAK = polychlorierte Kohlenwasserstoffe

PAN = Pesticide Action Network

PCB = polychlorierte Biphenyle

RARA = Radiorezeptorassay

RT-PCR = Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Ketten Reaktion

SB = „specific binding“ – spezifisch gebundene Ligandenmenge

SBP = Sexualsteroid bindende Protein

Seq = Sequenz

SoCo = Loesungsmittelkontrolle

SOX = SRY-like-box

SRY = sex-determining region Y

T = Testosteron

Tab. = Tabelle

TAM = Tamoxifen

TB = „total binding“ – Gesamtbindung

TPT = Triphenylzinn

Tris = Tris(hydroxymethyl)-aminomethan

UBA = Umweltbundesamt

VIN = Vinclozolin

z. B. = zum Beispiel

ZNS = Zentrales Nervensystem