Experiment 1189669

Details

PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeGASTRIC INTUBATION
OrganismEmpty organism
CitationHEYWOOD,R:. (1988). THE TOXICOLOGY OF GOSSYPOL ACETIC ACID AND (-)-GOSSYPOL.. 37(2)
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseDAILY DISING FOR UP TO 13 WKS (4 ANIMALS). 2 HAD TO BE KILLED AT DAY 11,1 WAS FOUND DEAD ON DAY 48 & 1 SURVIVED THE 13 WK DOSING PERIOD.CLINICAL SIGNS WERE VOMITING,LOOSE FECES,ABNORMAL QUIETNESS & PERSONALITY CHANGES. BODY WT LOSS WAS SEEN IN ALL ANIMALS.PROGRESSIVE ANEMIA WAS APPARENT IN THE ANIMAL SURVIVING 13 WKS.INCREASES INUREA & CREATININE WERE SEEN IN ALL MONKEYS.REDUCTIONS IN NA K & CL WERE SEEN IN 3/4 ANIMALS. INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS LEVELS WERE ABNORMALLY HIGH IN 2 ANIMALS THAT WERE KILLED ON DAY 11. MORPHOLOGICAL STUDIES SHOWED CHANGES IN THE HEART WHICH APPEARED AS NECROTIC MYOCARDIAL FIBERS AND SMALL AREAS OF FIBROSIS IN 3/4 ANIMALS: CHANGES IN THE LIVER SHOWED AS VACUOLATED HEPATOCYTES IN 3/4 ANIMALS. EXTENSIVE CHANGES IN THE KIDNEY SHOWED AS DILATION,EPITHELIAL VACULOIZATION AND EPITHELIAL DEGENERATION WITH CALICIFICATION AND DYSTROPHIC MINERALIZATION IN 3/4 ANIMALS AND UNILATERAL TESTICULAR ATROPHY SHOWED IN TWO MONKEYS. THE MONKEY THAT SURVIVED THE 13 WEEK DOSING PERIOD SHOWED NORMAL TESTES.
Dose amount25.0 MG
Number11
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalMONKEY(CYNOMOLGUS)
Per unitKG
Dose expressionDOSE
GenderMALE