Comparisson of bisphenol molecules (IMAGE)
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Bisphenols are a group of endocrine-disrupting chemicals used worldwide for the production of plastics and resins. Bisphenol A (BPA), the main bisphenol, exhibits many unwanted effects. BPA has, currently, been replaced with bisphenol F (BPF) and bisphenol S (BPS) in many applications in the hope that these molecules have a lesser effect on metabolism than BPA. After conducting molecular dynamics simulations to compare the localization and interactions of BPA, BPF, and BPS in a complex membrane, the ata support that both BPF and BPS, behaving in the same way in the membrane as BPA and with the same capacity to accumulate in the biological membrane, are not safe alternatives to BPA.
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Villalaín, J. IDiBE UMH
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