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TR-366 Hydroquinone

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Target Organs and Levels of Evidence
NTP Technical Report Number 366

Produced from Chemtrack Database 09/19/01

CHEMICAL/ CAS NUMBER PEER REVIEW DATE PRIMARY USES ROUTE/EXPOSURE LEVELS STUDY LABORATORY
HYDROQUINONE
123-31-9
10/03/88 PHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPER. INTERMED. IN MANUFAC. OF DYES, RUBBER ANTIOXIDANTS. POLYMERIZATION INHIBITOR. STABILIZER. REAGENT. MEDICINE FOR SKIN BLEMISHES. (TDB) IN SKIN-LIGHTENING CREAMS (MEDLINE) FOUND IN COAL TAR EFFLUENT Gavage R: 0,25,50, M: 0,50,100 MG/KG/65 PER GROUP American Biogenics Corp (Bioassay Systems)
LEVELS OF EVIDENCE OF CARCINOGENICITY--ORGAN/TISSUE (NEOPLASM):
MR: SOME EVIDENCE KIDNEY TUBULAR CELL: ADENOMA 0/55 4/55 8/55
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: LIVER: ANISOKARYOSIS 0/55 2/54 12/55; BASOPHILIC FOCUS 2/55 5/54 11/55
FR: SOME EVIDENCE HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM: LEUKEMIA 9/55 15/55 22/55
MM: NO EVIDENCE
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: THYROID GLAND: FOLLICULAR CELL, HYPERPLASIA 9/55 15/53 19/54
LIVER: ANISOKARYOSIS 0/55 2/54 12/55; BASOPHILIC FOCUS 2/55 5/54 11/55; SYNCYTIAL ALTERATION 5/55 3/54 25/55
FM: SOME EVIDENCE LIVER: ADENOMA 2/55 15/55 12/55 OR CARCINOMA 1/55 1/55 1/55 COMBINED 3/55 16/55 13/55
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: THYROID GLAND: FOLLICULAR CELL, HYPERPLASIA 13/55 47/55 45/55