Enhancement of tumor formation in mouse lung by dietary butylated hydroxytoluene

Witschi, HP

HERO ID

2347423

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year

1981

Language

English

PMID

7281206

HERO ID 2347423
In Press No
Year 1981
Title Enhancement of tumor formation in mouse lung by dietary butylated hydroxytoluene
Authors Witschi, HP
Journal Toxicology
Volume 21
Issue 2
Page Numbers 95-104
Abstract Male A/J mice were injected i.p. with a single dose of urethan and fed 0.75% butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) or ethoxyquin in the diet. All animals were killed 4 months after urethan and the number of lung tumors counted. Exposure to BHT, but not to BHA or ethoxyquin significantly enhanced formation of lung tumors if animals were given the BHT-containing diet once a week for 8 consecutive weeks or were kept on it continuously for 8 weeks. Prefeeding mice with BHT had no effect on tumor formation but prefeeding BHA reduced the number of tumors formed by urethan. It is concluded from this and previous work that in mouse lung BHT enhances tumor formation regardless of route of administration and over a 100-fold dose range.
Doi 10.1016/0300-483X(81)90120-7
Pmid 7281206
Wosid WOS:A1981MG20800002
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