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Chronic toxicity and carcinogenicity testing in the Sprague-Dawley rat of a prospective insect repellant (KBR 3023) using the dermal route of exposure.

Abstract
The chronic toxicology and carcinogenic potential of 1-(1-methyl-propoxycarbonyl)-2-(2-hydroxyethyl)-piperidine (KBR 3023), a prospective new insect repellent intended for human use, was studied in rats using the dermal route of application. Relying upon the toxicology profile that emerged in the subchronic rat bioassay that was conducted using dermally applied dosages of 0, 80, 200, 500 and 1000 mg KBR 3023/kg body wt/day, it was determined, in concert with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), that dermally applied dosages of 0, 50, 100 or 200 mg KBR 3023/kg body wt/day would be used in the conduction of all definitive forms of subchronic, chronic, and lifetime descriptive testing performed with the chemical. Using this testing approach, the specific results of this 2-year study are as follows. All in-life parameters, which included body weight, food consumption, clinical observations, survival, ophthalmology, clinical chemistry, hematology, and urinalysis, were unaffected by exposure to KBR 3023. Similarly, postmortem analyses, which included organ weights and gross pathology, were also unchanged following exposure to KBR 3023. Histopathology at the dose site/skin was characterized by a pattern of acanthosis and/or hyperkeratosis across all doses in 1- and 2-year rats. Beyond the dosing site, cystic degeneration of the liver was described in 2-year 200-mg KBR 3023/kg body wt/day males. No other compound-related non-dosing site lesion was identified at any dose tested. No evidence of a compound-induced neoplasia was suggested in this bioassay.
AuthorsB S Wahle, G K Sangha, S G Lake, L P Sheets, C Croutch, W R Christenson
JournalToxicology (Toxicology) Vol. 142 Issue 1 Pg. 41-56 (Dec 20 1999) ISSN: 0300-483X [Print] Ireland
PMID10647917 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Insect Repellents
  • Piperidines
  • picaridin
Topics
  • Administration, Cutaneous
  • Animals
  • Biological Assay
  • Body Weight (drug effects)
  • Carcinogenicity Tests
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Eating (drug effects)
  • Eye (drug effects, pathology)
  • Female
  • Insect Repellents (toxicity)
  • Liver (drug effects, pathology)
  • Male
  • Organ Size (drug effects)
  • Piperidines (administration & dosage, toxicity)
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Skin (drug effects, pathology)

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