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TR-427 Turmeric,Oleoresin (Curcumin)

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Target Organs and Levels of Evidence
NTP Technical Report Number 427

Produced from Chemtrack Database 09/19/01

CHEMICAL/ CAS NUMBER PEER REVIEW DATE PRIMARY USES ROUTE/EXPOSURE LEVELS STUDY LABORATORY
TURMERIC, OLEORESIN (CURCUMIN)
8024-37-1
06/23/92 CONDIMENT. COLOR FOR OINTMENTS. (1) Dosed-Feed R & M: 0, .2, 1.0, AND 5.0% T.S.I. Mason Laboratories, Inc.
LEVELS OF EVIDENCE OF CARCINOGENICITY--ORGAN/TISSUE (NEOPLASM):
MR: NO EVIDENCE
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: FORESTOMACH: ULCER; HYPERPLASIA; HYPERKERATOSIS
INTESTINES: ULCER; HYPERPLASIA; INFLAMMATION
LYMPH NODE: (MESENTERIC) SINUS ECTASIA
FR: EQUIVOCAL EVIDENCE CLITORAL GLAND: ADENOMA 5/50 12/48 15/47 16/49 OR CARCINOMA 1/50 4/48 0/47 0/49 COMBINED 6/50 16/48 15/47 16/49
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: INTESTINES: ULCER; HYPERPLASIA; INFLAMMATION
LYMPH NODE: (MESENTERIC) SINUS ECTASIA
MM: EQUIVOCAL EVIDENCE LIVER: ADENOMA 25/50 28/50 35/50 30/50 OR CARCINOMA 12/50 18/50 16/50 18/50 COMBINED 30/50 38/50 41/50 37/50
INTESTINES: CARCINOMA 0/50 3/50 3/50 0/50
FM: EQUIVOCAL EVIDENCE LIVER: ADENOMA 7/50 8/50 19/51 14/50 OR CARCINOMA 7/50 5/50 10/51 6/50 COMBINED 13/50 12/50 25/51 19/50
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: THYROID GLAND: FOLLICULAR CELL HYPERPLASIA