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TR-493 Emodin

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Target Organs and Levels of Evidence
NTP Technical Report Number 493

Produced from Chemtrack Database 09/19/01

CHEMICAL/ CAS NUMBER PEER REVIEW DATE PRIMARY USES ROUTE/EXPOSURE LEVELS STUDY LABORATORY
EMODIN
518-82-1
 
05/21/99 MAJOR COMPONENT OF NATURAL LAXATIVE DRUGS OF PLANT ORIGIN. MEDICINE. NATURAL PLANT DYE. (2,3) Dosed-Feed R: 0, 280, 830, OR 2500 PPM; 60/SEX M: 0, 160, 312, 625, OR 1250 PPM; 60/SEX Southern Research Institute
LEVELS OF EVIDENCE OF CARCINOGENICITY--ORGAN/TISSUE (NEOPLASM):

MR: NO EVIDENCE
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: KIDNEY: TUBULAR CELL HYALINE DROPLET; TUBULAR CELL PIGMENTATION; INCREASED SEVERITY OF PIGMENTATION
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS: HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM: MONONUCLEAR CELL LEUKEMIA 28/50 31/50 29/50 18/50

FR: EQUIVOCAL EVIDENCE
MAY HAVE BEEN RELATED: ZYMBAL GLAND: CARCINOMA 0/50 0/50 0/50 3/50
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: KIDNEY: TUBULAR CELL HYALINE DROPLET; INCREASED SEVERITY OF PIGMENTATION
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS: HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM: MONONUCLEAR CELL LEUKEMIA 14/50 17/50 16/50 3/50

MM: EQUIVOCAL EVIDENCE
MAY HAVE BEEN RELATED: KIDNEY TUBULAR CELL: ADENOMA (STANDARD) 0/49 1/50 1/50 0/50 (STANDARD AND EXTENDED) 0/49 1/50 1/50 1/50 OR CARCINOMA (STANDARD) 0/49 0/50 1/50 1/50 (STANDARD AND EXTENDED) 0/49 0/50 1/50 1/50 COMBINED (STANDARD) 0/49 1/50 2/50 1/50 (STANDARD AND EXTENDED) 0/49 1/50 2/50 2/50
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: KIDNEY: TUBULAR CELL PIGMENTATION

FM: NO EVIDENCE
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: KIDNEY: TUBULAR CELL PIGMENTATION; INCERASED SEVERITY OF NEPHROPATHY