title: Teratologic evaluation of orally administered nitrapyrin in rats and rabbits.
abstract: Pregnant Fischer 344 rats and New Zealand White rabbits were orally administered 0, 5, 15, or 50 mg nitrapyrin/kg/day on Gestation Days 6 through 15 (rats) or 0, 3, 10, or 30 mg/kg/day on Gestation Days 6 through 18 (rabbits). In rats, 50 mg/kg/day produced slight histopathologic changes in the livers of pregnant females. Fetal examination revealed no evidence of fetotoxicity or teratogenicity among rats at dose levels up to 50 mg/kg/day. Among rabbits, a significant depression in maternal weight gain and increased absolute and relative liver weights were observed at 30 mg/kg/day. An increased incidence of crooked hyoid bone among fetal rabbits in the 30 mg/kg/day dose group was considered indicative of fetotoxicity but not teratogenicity. Thus, administration of nitrapyrin was not teratogenic at dose levels up to 50 mg/kg/day in rats and 30 mg/kg/day in rabbits.
authors.affiliation: Mammalian and Environmental Toxicology Research Laboratory, Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan 48674.
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Berdasco
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Lomax
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Zimmer
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Hanley
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000187:drug effects; D005865:Gestational Age; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D010847:Picolines / Q000633:toxicity*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D013045:Species Specificity; D013723:Teratogens
chemical_list: D010847:Picolines; D013723:Teratogens; C017560:nitrapyrin