Notice of RetractionEffect of DEHP on Learning and Memory Ability of Kunming Mice

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Di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) was used in the plastic industry and widely distributed in the environment, which might cause adverse effects to living organisms. To study the effects of DEHP on learning and memory, the KM mice were exposed to different concentrations of DEHP (0, 5, 50 and 500 mg/kg·d) for fourteen days. With the exposed, the Morris water maze was used to test the learning abilities of mice in the 1st to the 10th day, and the memory by probe trial test in the 14th day. Then the reactive oxygen species (ROS) and malondialdehyde (MDA) content of brains were measured. The results showed that with the increase of DEHP concentrations, increasing of ROS and MDA contents were observed, and the learning abilities and memory were reduced. These results suggested that DEHP could induce the acute oxidative damage in brains of mice, and have negative effects on the learning abilities and memory.