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90-Day Inhalation Toxicity of Dimethylamine in F344 Rats

  • Song, Kyung-Seuk (Laboratory of Toxicology, College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University) ;
  • Park, Kun-Ho (Laboratory of Toxicology, College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Jeong-Hyun (Laboratory of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University) ;
  • Han, Dong-Un (Laboratory of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University) ;
  • Chae, Chan-Hee (Laboratory of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University) ;
  • Park, Sung-Jin (Laboratory of Toxicology, College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Hyun-Woo (Laboratory of Toxicology, College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Jun-Sung (Laboratory of Toxicology, College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University) ;
  • Park, Jin-Hong (Laboratory of Toxicology, College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University) ;
  • Eu, Guk-Joung (Laboratory of Toxicology, College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University) ;
  • Hua, Jin (Laboratory of Toxicology, College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University) ;
  • Cho, Hyun-Sun (Laboratory of Toxicology, College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University) ;
  • Hwang, Soon-Kyung (Laboratory of Toxicology, College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University)
  • Published : 2005.06.01
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Abstract

Dimethylamine (DMA) is a widely used commodity chemical with few toxicity data. Groups of 10 male and female F-344 rats were exposed by inhalation to 0, 5, 10, 20, 40 and 80 ppm of DMA for 6 hrs/day, 5 days/week for 90 days. The changes of body weight, organ weight, hematology, clinical chemistry, and histopathological changes were evaluated after the exposure. As the results, the body weight was significantly decreased at 80 ppm in male and female rats (p<0.05). The absolute lung weight showed no statistically significant changes in any group. In contrast, the relative lung weight significantly increased at 80 ppm in male and female rats (p<0.05). Erythrocytes, mean cell hemoglobin, leukocytes, neutrophil, and platelet numbers were significantly increased in male and female at 40 or 80 ppm of DMA (p<0.05, p<0.01). In addition, the serum values of total protein, urea nitrogen were increased in male and creatine kinase, total protein were increased in female rats at 40 or 80 ppm (p<0.05, p<0.01). Histopathological examinations of the male and female lung samples showed slight hyperplasia and congestion at 80 ppm. Taken together, our study revealed that maximum tolerated dose of DMA would be over 40 ppm.

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