Environmental Toxicology 2018: Assessment of Androgen receptor agonistic/antagonistic effects on veterinary drugs by OECD in vitro assays

Hyun-Suk Oh*

It is expected that consumption of veterinary drugs will increase due to growing agriculture and aquaculture production, which have to meet the demands of expanding human population for food.However, the presence of several veterinary drugs residues in food-producing animals could cause potential endocrine disrupting effects on human. Therefore, Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has provided a standardized method to search the effect of chemicals on the endocrine system.