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HERO ID
77210
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Genotoxicity and twenty-eight-day subchronic toxicity studies on tertiary amyl methyl ether
Author(s)
Daughtrey, WC; Bird, MG
Year
1995
Is Peer Reviewed?
Yes
Journal
Journal of Applied Toxicology
ISSN:
0260-437X
EISSN:
1099-1263
Volume
15
Issue
4
Page Numbers
313-319
Language
English
PMID
7594201
DOI
10.1002/jat.2550150413
Web of Science Id
WOS:A1995RM13100011
Abstract
Tertiary amyl methyl ether (TAME) is an oxygenate with a potential role as a component in reformulated gasolines. The genotoxic potential of TAME was assessed In an Ames assay and a mouse micronucleus assay. The Ames assay was carried out using five standard salmonella strains and doses ranging from 100 to 10000 p.g per plate. Tertiary amyl methyl ether was not mutagenic in any of the strains, either with or without metabolic activation. In the micronucleus assay, mice were given a single intraperitoneal injection of TAME at doses of 0.15, 0.375 or 0.75 g kg'. Bone marrow samples were collected and evaluated for micronucleus formation at 24, 48 and 72 h after dosing. No elevation in micronucleus frequency was observed at any dose or at any of the collection times. Thus, TAME was not clastogenic to mouse bone marrow under the conditions of this study. Preliminary test data Indicated that the acute oral LD5 for TAME in Sprague-Dawley rats was ca. 2.1 g kg-1. In the 28-day subchronic study, Sprague-Dawley rats of both sexes were dosed orally with vehicle, 0.125, 0.5 or 1.0 g kg-1day-1 TAME in corn oil at a dose volume of 2 ml/kg-1. Dosing continued 7days a week for a period of 28 days. Deaths of two out of 10 animals In the high-dose group (1 g kg-1 day-1) appeared to be compound related. Food consumption and body weights were reduced in the high-dose male group relative to controls; otherwise, clinical observations were minimal. Dose-related Increases in adrenal and kidney weights were observed but no histopathological changes were evident in any of the tissues examined. It is concluded that while some evidence of toxicity was observed at the highest dose, TAME is oflow oral toxicity following repeated dosing. The no-observed-effect level (NOEL) for this study was 0.125 g kg-1day1 and the no-observed-adverse-effect level (NOAEL) was 0.5 g kg-1 day-1.
Keywords
ANIMALS; CYTOLOGY; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; ANIMALS/GENETICS; BIOCHEMISTRY; POISONING; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS/POISONING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; BACTERIA/PHYSIOLOGY; BACTERIA/METABOLISM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; MURIDAE; Cytology and Cytochemistry-Animal; Genetics and Cytogenetics-Animal; Biochemical Studies-General; Toxicology-General; Toxicology-Environmental and Industrial Toxicology; Physiology and Biochemistry of Bacteria; Genetics of Bacteria and Viruses; Enterobacteriaceae (1992- ); 994-05-8; 115-10-6
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tert-Amyl ethyl ether (TAEE)
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tert-Amyl methyl ether (TAME)
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