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TR-341 Nitrofurantoin

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Target Organs and Levels of Evidence
NTP Technical Report Number 341

Produced from Chemtrack Database 09/19/01

CHEMICAL/ CAS NUMBER PEER REVIEW DATE PRIMARY USES ROUTE/EXPOSURE LEVELS STUDY LABORATORY
NITROFURANTOIN
67-20-9
04/18/88 URINARY ANTIBACTERIAL AGENT. (TDB) Dosed-Feed FR: 0,600,1300, MR&M: 0,1300,2500 PPM/50 PER GROUP Southern Research Institute
LEVELS OF EVIDENCE OF CARCINOGENICITY--ORGAN/TISSUE (NEOPLASM):
MR: SOME EVIDENCE KIDNEY TUBULAR CELL: ADENOMA 0/50 1/50 2/50 OR CARCINOMA 0/50 0/50 1/50 COMBINED 0/50 1/50 3/50
MAY HAVE BEEN RELATED: BONE: OSTEOSARCOMA 0/50 1/50 2/50
SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE: FIBROMA 0/50 5/50 4/50; FIBROSARCOMA 1/50 2/50 1/50
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: KIDNEY: NEPHROPATHY, CHRONIC 50/50 48/50 48/50
TESTES: DEGENERATION 0/50 0/50 36/50
FR: NO EVIDENCE
MM: NO EVIDENCE
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: TESTES: GERMINAL EPITHELIUM, DEGENERATION 0/49 3/49 23/50
FM: CLEAR EVIDENCE OVARY: TUBULAR CELL ADENOMA 0/50 0/50 5/50; BENIGN MIXED TUMORS 0/50 0/50 4/50; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR 0/50 3/50 2/50
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: OVARY: ATROPHY 0/50 48/50 49/50
ADRENAL GLAND: SPINDLE CELL, HYPERPLASIA 3/50 41/50 45/50