Subacute oral toxicity study of bisphenol F based on the draft protocol for the "Enhanced OECD Test Guideline no. 407"

Arch Toxicol. 2007 Dec;81(12):825-32. doi: 10.1007/s00204-007-0223-4. Epub 2007 Jul 13.

Abstract

Since bisphenol F (4,4'-dihydroxydiphenylmethane) has been reported to exhibit estrogen agonistic properties in the uterotrophic assay, we performed a 28-day repeated-dose toxicity study (enhanced OECD test guideline No. 407) on bisphenol F based on the OECD draft protocols to determine whether it has endocrine-mediated properties. Bisphenol F was orally administered at doses 0, 20, 100 and 500 mg/kg per day for at least 28 days, but no clear endocrine-mediated changes were detected, and it was concluded to have no endocrine-mediated effects in young adult rats. On the other hand, the main effect of bisphenol F was concluded to be liver toxicity based on clinical biochemical parameters and liver weight, but without histopathological changes. The no-observed-effect level for bisphenol F is concluded to be under 20 mg/kg per day since decreased body weight accompanied by decreased serum total cholesterol, glucose, and albumin values were observed in the female rats given 20 mg/kg per day or higher doses of bisphenol F.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Animals
  • Benzhydryl Compounds / administration & dosage
  • Benzhydryl Compounds / chemistry
  • Benzhydryl Compounds / toxicity*
  • Blood Glucose / analysis
  • Cholesterol / blood
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Eating / drug effects
  • Endocrine Disruptors / administration & dosage
  • Endocrine Disruptors / toxicity
  • Female
  • Guidelines as Topic / standards*
  • Lymph Nodes / drug effects
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology
  • Male
  • Motor Activity / drug effects
  • No-Observed-Adverse-Effect Level
  • Random Allocation
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Receptors, Estrogen / agonists
  • Sex Factors
  • Thyroxine / blood
  • Toxicity Tests / methods
  • Toxicity Tests / standards*
  • Triiodothyronine / blood

Substances

  • Benzhydryl Compounds
  • Blood Glucose
  • Endocrine Disruptors
  • Receptors, Estrogen
  • Triiodothyronine
  • Cholesterol
  • Thyroxine
  • 4,4'-bisphenol F