title: Teratogenicity study of ethylene glycol in rats.
abstract: Ethylene glycol was administered in the diet to pregnant Fischer 344 rats on days 6 through 15 of gestation. Target dosage levels were 1.0, 0.2, 0.04, and 0.00 g/kg/day. There was no maternal toxicity, embryotoxicity, or increased incidence of malformations in fetuses from doses dams. Positive control dams received 500 mg/kg of hydroxyurea on gestation day 11 and had fetuses with numerous soft tissue and skeletal malformations. Results are interpreted as preliminary indication of lack of teratogenicity of ethylene glycol.
mesh_terms: D000014:Abnormalities, Drug-Induced / Q000209:etiology*; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005026:Ethylene Glycols / Q000633:toxicity*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344
chemical_list: D005026:Ethylene Glycols