A two-generation reproductive toxicity study of decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5) in rats exposed by whole-body vapor inhalation

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 216-225

  Siddiqui, Waheed H ^a   Stump, Donald G ^b   Reynolds, Vincent L ^c   Plotzke, Kathleen P ^a   Holson, Joseph F ^b   Meeks, Robert G ^a  

^a DOW CORNING CORPORATION   (United States)

^b WIL RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

D5; Decamethylcyclopentasiloxane; Inhalation; Rat; Reproductive toxicity; Siloxane; Two generation

Indexed keywords

DECAMETHYLCYCLOPENTASILOXANE; SILOXANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIRTH; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATION PERIOD; LITTER SIZE; LUTEAL CELL; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MATING; MORTALITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PERINATAL PERIOD; PROGENY; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; WEANING;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LITTER SIZE; LONGEVITY; MALE; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SILOXANES; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 33846827239     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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