scholarly journals Studies of the Toxicological Potential of Capsinoids XIV: A 26-week Gavage Toxicity Study of Dihydrocapsiate in Rats

2010 ◽  
Vol 29 (2_suppl) ◽  
pp. 27S-54S ◽  
Author(s):  
Terutaka Kodama ◽  
Takeshi Masuyama ◽  
Takashi Kayahara ◽  
Shoji Tsubuku ◽  
Takumi Ohishi ◽  
...  

To further evaluate the safety of dihydrocapsiate (4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzyl 8-methylnonanoate, CAS No. 205687-03-2), a 26—week gavage toxicity study was conducted in Sprague-Dawley rats (20/sex/group). Test animals received either dihydrocapsiate, 100, 300, or 1000 mg/kg/day, or vehicle (medium-chain triglyceride) by gavage and were observed for antemortem and postmortem signs of toxicity including changes in clinical signs, body weights, food consumption, water intake, ophthalmology, clinical pathology (clinical chemistry, hematology, urinalysis), tissue findings (macroscopic and microscopic examination), as well as organ weights. After the end of the dosing period, reversibility was assessed (10/sex/group for the control and 1000 mg/kg groups) following a 4-week recovery period. There were no adverse or toxicological changes observed in clinical signs, body weight, food consumption, water intake, ophthalmology, urinalysis, hematology, blood chemistry, organ weights, or histopathology. It was concluded that the no observable adverse effect level (NOAEL) of dihydrocapsiate was 1000 mg/kg/day for both sexes in this 26—week gavage study.

2008 ◽  
Vol 27 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 101-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eri Watanabe ◽  
Terutaka Kodama ◽  
Takeshi Masuyama ◽  
Shoji Tsubuku ◽  
Akira Otabe ◽  
...  

Dihydrocapsiate, (4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzyl 8-methylnonanoate; CAS No. 205687-03-2) is a naturally occurring capsinoid compound found in nonpungent chili peppers. Although the safety of synthetically produced dihydrocapsiate has been previously evaluated, the purpose of this 13-week gavage toxicity study is to evaluate dihydrocapsiate produced with a slightly modified manufacturing process. Sprague-Dawley rats, 10 rats/sex/group, 6 weeks of age at study initiation, were administered the dihydrocapsiate daily by gavage at dose levels of 0 (vehicle), 100,300, or 1000 mg/kg/day. The rats were observed for antimortem and postmortem signs of toxicity, including changes in clinical signs, body weights, food consumption, water intake, ophthalmology, clinical pathology (clinical chemistry, hematology, urinalysis), tissue findings (macroscopic and microscopic examination), as well as organ weights. There were no changes observed in clinical signs, body weight, food consumption, water intake, ophthalmology, urinalysis, hematology, or blood chemistry that were attributable to the administration of dihydrocapsiate. The only change observed attributable to the dihydrocapsiate administration involved the liver and that change occurred only at the high dose (1000 mg/kg). Both sexes had an increase in organ weights, but this increase correlated with a change in histopathology (i.e., hepatocyte hypertrophy) only in the males. No dihydrocapsiate-related histopathological changes were observed in males at doses ≤300 mg/kg or in females at any of the doses tested (≤1000 mg/kg). It was concluded that the no observed adverse effect level (NOAEL) of dihydrocapsiate was 300 mg/kg/day for male rats and 1000 mg/kg/day for female rats in this 13 week gavage study.


2008 ◽  
Vol 27 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 79-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terutaka Kodama ◽  
Eri Watanabe ◽  
Shoji Tsubuku ◽  
Akira Otabe ◽  
Masahiro Mochizuki ◽  
...  

To evaluate the safety of dihydrocapsiate (4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzyl 8-methylnonanoate; CAS No. 205687-03-2), a 13-week gavage toxicity study was conducted in Sprague-Dawley rats (10/sex/group). Test subjects received either dihydrocapsiate, 100, 300, or 1000 mg/kg/day, or vehicle by gavage and were observed for antemortem and postmortem signs of toxicity, which included changes in clinical signs, body weights, food consumption, water intake, ophthalmology, clinical pathology (clinical chemistry, hematology, urinalysis), tissue findings (macroscopic and microscopic examination), as well as organ weights. No changes attributable to the test article were observed in clinical signs, body weights, food consumption, water intake, ophthalmology, urinalysis, hematology, or histopathology. A number of sporadic blood chemistry differences were observed at the high dose between treated and controls, but were not of toxicological significance and were not attributable to the test article. These included increased alanine aminotransferase (ALT) activity in males; increased total protein in males and females; increased calcium, percentage of albumin fraction, and A/G (albumin/globulin) ratio and decreased percentage of γ-globulin fraction in female rats. An effect, which was attributable to the test article, was increases in both absolute and relative liver weights in the high dose (both sexes). In the absence of histopathological changes attributable to the test article, the liver weight changes were considered adaptive (physiological) in nature and not of toxicological significance. It was concluded that the no observed adverse effect level (NOAEL) of dihydrocapsiate was 1000 mg/kg/day for both male and female rats in this 13-week gavage study.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 239784732091321
Author(s):  
Manish Jain ◽  
Moninder Kaur ◽  
Deepika Pandey Tiwari ◽  
Chandrashekara Vishwanath ◽  
Nataraju Javaregowda ◽  
...  

Gossence™ (galactooligosaccharide; GOS) is a prebiotics and used as one of the major constituents in infant milk formulas that act as a functional food. Gossence is manufactured by Tata Chemicals Ltd, India, through a patented process of biotransformation of lactose. A toxicology study in juvenile rats was carried out to assess the safety profile of Gossence intended for pediatric population. The objective of this study is to assess the potential systemic toxicity of Gossence when administered through gavage at dose levels of 1000, 2000, or 5000/3000 mg/kg/day (equivalent to 1347, 2694, and 6735/4041 mg/kg/day of GOS, respectively) to juvenile Sprague Dawley rats from postnatal day (PND) 4 to PND 52 (i.e. total 49 days of dosing period). A separate group of animals were treated with vehicle (purified Milli Q water) for a similar duration. The following parameters were evaluated during the study period: morbidity/mortality check, clinical signs, body weights, body weight changes, food consumption, functional observational battery, motor activity, postnatal developmental observations, hematology, clinical chemistry, urinalysis, organ weight, gross pathology, and histopathology. During dosing phase, the high-dose group, 5000 mg/kg/day, was reduced to 3000 mg/kg/day (equivalent to 4041 mg/kg/day dose of GOS) from day 16 (PND 19) onward, due to clinical signs of watery feces and yellow color stains at urogenital region and mortality in two animals on day 15 (PND 18) of the study. Time-weighted average dose for 5000 mg/kg/day was equivalent to 3600 mg/kg/day. No further deaths or clinical signs were noticed in animals at 3000 mg/kg/day from day 18 (PND 21) of dosing phase to until terminal euthanization. At the terminal euthanization, there were no test item-related gross changes observed in all surviving rats except for, an increased cecum size in some of the rats at 5000/3000 mg/kg/day, which correlated with the increased weights of cecum with contents during organ weight recording, but this had no correlating light microscopic changes during histological examination. The cecal enlargement was completely recovered following the 14-day recovery period. The no-observedadverse-effect level is 3000 mg/kg/day for Gossence, which is equivalent to 4041 mg/kg/day of GOS in both sexes.


2005 ◽  
Vol 24 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 41-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seiichi Mizuno ◽  
John H. Mennear ◽  
Keiichi Matsuura ◽  
Bruce K. Bernard

The objective of this multiple-dose toxicity study was to assess the toxicological potential of two tripeptides, L-valyl-L-prolyl-L-proline (VPP) and L-isoleucyl-L-prolyl-L-proline (IPP), when administered once daily for 91 consecutive days to rats. The test article, powdered casein hydrolysate (CH) known to contain 0.6% VPP plus IPP, was prepared using Aspergillus oryzae protease. Prior to administration to the rats by oral gavage, the test article was suspended in sterile water. Groups of 12 male and 12 female Charles River rats were administered once daily doses of 0, 40, 200, or 1000 mg of CH (0, 0.2,1.2, or 6 mg VPP plus IPP/kg body weight [BW]). Antemortem evaluative parameters included gross observations of behavior and clinical signs; food consumption and body weight gains; ophthalmologic examinations; clinical pathology (hematology, clinical chemistry); and urinalysis. Postmortem parameters included determination of absolute and relative (to fasting body weight) organ weights and histopathological evaluation of approximately 50 organs and tissues from each animal. All rats survived until the scheduled termination of the study and no treatment-related clinical signs were observed. Food consumption was unaffected by administration of CH. All animals gained weight and there were no statistical differences between groups with respect to weight gains. There were no meaningful changes in hematological or coagulation parameters. Mid- and high-dose males (but not females) had slightly (<2%) increased mean serum chloride concentrations, but because the difference was so small and it was observed in only one sex, the authors considered its association with CH administration to be doubtful. Urinalysis revealed the occasional presence of crystals, leukocytes, and epithelial cells in animals from all experimental groups. Similarly, ophthalmic changes (lenticular clouding) were observed in both control and dosed animals. Mean relative (to body weight) kidney weight was decreased by 8 % in low-dose males and mean relative uterus weight was elevated 46 % in low-dose females. Absolute organ weights were not affected. Only naturally occurring microscopic changes were observed in all groups and none could be attributed to CH administration. It was concluded that, under the conditions of these experiments, the maximally tolerated dose (MTD) and the no-observable-effect level (NOEL) for powdered CH administered once daily for 13 weeks was greater than 1000 mg/kg BW/day or greater than 6 mg of VPP plus IPP/kg BW/day. There was no evidence of target organ toxicity associated with administration of the tripeptides. This corresponds to an margin of safety (MOS) of 60 based upon current thinking regarding incorporation in food.


Author(s):  
Jiwon Jeong ◽  
Kiljoon Bae ◽  
Jihoon Kim ◽  
Chanhun Choi ◽  
Changsu Na ◽  
...  

Abstract Background ChondroT, a new herbal medication, consists of Angelica grosseserrata Maxim., Lonicera japonica Thunb., Angelica gigas Nakai, Clematis terniflora var. manshurica (Rupr.) Ohwi, and Phellodendron amurense Rupr. (6:4:4:4:3). Our previous studies have shown that ChondroT exhibits significant anti-arthritic and anti-inflammatory effects. In this study, we aimed to assess the toxicological safety assessment of ChondroT. Methods This study was designed to assess the safety of ChondroT after repeated oral administration. Male and female Sprague-Dawley rats were treated with ChondroT at oral doses of 0, 500, 1000, and 2000 mg/kg for 13 weeks. Mortality, clinical signs, body weight changes, food consumption, ophthalmological findings, urinalysis, hematological and blood-chemical parameters, necropsy findings, organ weights, and histological markers were recorded throughout the study period. Rats were also monitored for an additional 4 weeks to determine the recovery time. Results No death occurred and no significant changes in food consumption, ophthalmologic findings, and urinalysis were found. Although there were alterations in clinical signs, body weights, hematological parameters, blood-chemical parameters, necropsy findings, organ weights, and histological markers, they were not considered to be toxicologically significant. Conclusions The results suggest that the no-observed adverse effects level (NOAEL) was 2000 mg/kg/day for the test substance. ChondroT, a new complex herbal medication composed of five plants, can therefore be used safely at the NOAEL.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard Xu ◽  
Andrew Spencer ◽  
Stephane Milano

Abstract Background: Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a rare endocrine disorder characterized by hyperphagia and abnormal food-related behaviors that contribute to severe morbidity, early mortality, and significant burdens for patients and caregivers. Dysregulation of acylated ghrelin (AG) and unacylated ghrelin (UAG) in people with PWS and hyperphagia has led to the hypothesis that replacing the relative deficit of UAG observed in this population will reduce hyperphagia. Livoletide is a cyclic, 8 amino acid analogue of UAG being developed as a potential treatment for hyperphagia and food-related behaviors associated with PWS. In a previous Phase 2a study (n=47) in people with PWS, livoletide improved food-related behaviors and hyperphagia scores relative to placebo. An extensive nonclinical safety program to support clinical development of livoletide has been conducted. Here we report the results of study of livoletide in juvenile rats. Methods: Male and female juvenile Wistar rats were administered livoletide (10, 25, or 75 mg/kg/day, subcutaneous) once daily from the age of weaning (postnatal day 21) until 12 weeks of age (n=32/sex/group). Subgroups were sacrificed at the end of the dosing period or after a recovery period. Toxicity was assessed based on local tolerance, clinical observations, body weights, food consumption, tibia length, bone densitometry, behavioral tests, IGF1 (insulin-like growth factor-1), LH (luteinizing hormone), and other endpoints. Macroscopic (necropsy), microscopic/histopathological, and caesarean examinations were also performed. Toxicokinetic (TK) evaluations were performed at various time-points after dosing to assess exposure. Results: Livoletide was not associated with treatment-related clinical signs or any relevant changes in hematological, coagulation, clinical chemistry parameters or urine analysis. Body weight and food consumption were unaffected. Livoletide did not affect systemic concentrations of IGF-1 or LH. No adverse effects of livoletide on bone growth, mating performance, or fertility were observed. Pups delivered by caesarian section did not exhibit abnormalities. Results were consistent with a lack of effect of livoletide on growth hormone signaling. Histological changes were limited to minimal local reversible reactions at injection sites that were non-adverse and observed at low incidence and severity. Conclusions: Livoletide was well-tolerated and not associated with evidence of overt systemic toxicity. The no observed adverse effect level (NOAEL) of 75 mg/kg/day was associated with Cmax and AUC0-24h values of 72.6/83.2 μg/mL and 169/144 μg.h/mL (males/females), respectively. These exposures are &gt;100-fold above the anticipated clinical exposures in the Phase 2b/3 ZEPHYR study, which is enrolling people ages 4 to 65 with PWS.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Sae-Rom Yoo ◽  
Hyekyung Ha ◽  
Mee-Young Lee ◽  
Hyeun-kyoo Shin ◽  
Su-Cheol Han ◽  
...  

Ssanghwa-tang (SHT), a traditional herbal formula, has been widely used to recover fatigue or consumptive disease after an illness. Along with much attention to herbal formula, the concerns about the safety and toxicity have arisen. To establish the safety information, SHT was administrated in Crl:CD Sprague Dawley rats at a daily dose of 0, 1000, 2000, and 5000 mg/kg for 4 weeks. During the test periods, we examined the mortality, clinical observation, body weight change, food consumption, organ weights, hematology, serum biochemistry, and urinalysis parameters. No changes of mortality and necropsy findings occurred in any of the groups during the experimental period. In either sex of rats treated with SHT at 5000 mg/kg/day, changes were observed in food intake, reticulocyte, total bilirubin, some urinalysis parameters, and relative organ weights. The results indicated that SHT did not induce toxic effects at a dose level up to 2000 mg/kg in rats. This dosage was considered no observed adverse effect level (NOAEL) and was appropriate for a 13-week subchronic toxicity study.


2014 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pramod Terse ◽  
Kory Engelke ◽  
Kenneth Chan ◽  
Yonghua Ling ◽  
Douglas Sharpnack ◽  
...  

Decitabine (5-aza-2′-deoxycytidine; DAC) in combination with tetrahydrouridine (THU) is a potential oral therapy for sickle cell disease and β-thalassemia. A study was conducted in mice to assess safety of this combination therapy using oral gavage of DAC and THU administered 1 hour prior to DAC on 2 consecutive days/week for up to 9 weeks followed by a 28-day recovery to support its clinical trials up to 9-week duration. Tetrahydrouridine, a competitive inhibitor of cytidine deaminase, was used in the combination to improve oral bioavailability of DAC. Doses were 167 mg/kg THU followed by 0, 0.2, 0.4, or 1.0 mg/kg DAC; THU vehicle followed by 1.0 mg/kg DAC; or vehicle alone. End points evaluated were clinical observations, body weights, food consumption, clinical pathology, gross/histopathology, bone marrow micronuclei, and toxicokinetics. There were no treatment-related effects noticed on body weight, food consumption, serum chemistry, or urinalysis parameters. Dose- and gender-dependent changes in plasma DAC levels were observed with a Cmax within 1 hour. At the 1 mg/kg dose tested, THU increased DAC plasma concentration (∼10-fold) as compared to DAC alone. Severe toxicity occurred in females receiving high-dose 1 mg/kg DAC + THU, requiring treatment discontinuation at week 5. Severity and incidence of microscopic findings increased in a dose-dependent fashion; findings included bone marrow hypocellularity (with corresponding hematologic changes and decreases in white blood cells, red blood cells, hemoglobin, hematocrit, reticulocytes, neutrophils, and lymphocytes), thymic/lymphoid depletion, intestinal epithelial apoptosis, and testicular degeneration. Bone marrow micronucleus analysis confirmed bone marrow cytotoxicity, suppression of erythropoiesis, and genotoxicity. Following the recovery period, a complete or trend toward resolution of these effects was observed. In conclusion, the combination therapy resulted in an increased sensitivity to DAC toxicity correlating with DAC plasma levels, and females are more sensitive compared to their male counterparts.


2007 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Ramesh ◽  
K. Lee ◽  
H. W. Lee ◽  
S. J. Kim

Acute oral toxicity of methanol extract of Asiasari radix was evaluated in ICR mice of both sexes. In this study, mice were administrated orally with dosages of 1000, 3000, and 5000 mg/kg body weight of Asiasari radix extract. Mortality, signs of toxicity, body weight, food consumption, and gross findings were observed for 14 days post treatment of Asiasari radix extract. No mortality, signs of toxicity, and abnormalities in gross findings were observed. In addition, no significant differences were noticed in the body and organ weights between the control and treated groups of both sexes. These results show that the methanol extract of Asiasari radix is toxicologically safe by oral administration.


2001 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 297-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomoo Kuge ◽  
Takashi Shibata ◽  
Michael S. Willett ◽  
Patricia Turck ◽  
Karl A. Traul

Seirogan, an herbal medicine containing wood creosote (tablets, 10.0% w/w), has been developed and marketed for almost a century in various countries for the control of acute diarrhea and treatment of associated symptoms, such as abdominal cramping. Wood creosote (CAS no. 8021–39–4) is a mixture of simple phenolic compounds, including guaiacol and creosol and related compounds, and is chemically distinct from, and should not be confused with, coal tar creosote, a known carcinogen. In the current study, the oncogenic potential of wood creosote was assessed in a 96/103-week oral gavage study in Sprague-Dawley rats. Groups of 60 rats/sex received wood creosote at dose levels of 20, 50, or 200 mg/kg body weight [bw]/day. An additional group of rats received the vehicle, 0.5% carboxymethylcellulose in deionized, distilled water, at the same dose volume as the treatment groups (10 ml/kg) and served as the controls. Treatment-related decreases in survival, body weight, and food consumption, as well as increased incidences of clinical signs that included rales, decreased activity, and salivation, were noted at 200 mg/kg bw/day when compared with the control group. There was an increased incidence of reddened and edematous lungs in rats from the 200 mg/kg bw/day group that died during the study. The lung findings were suggestive of test article aspiration during dose administration or agonal aspiration preceding and possibly resulting in death, especially because these observations were not seen in animals that survived to scheduled sacrifice. Additionally, phenols are generally recognized as having corrosive properties. There were no changes in clinical pathology and no increases in neoplastic or non-neoplastic lesions, excluding the lung findings, related to treatment with wood creosote at any dose level. Although the results of this study indicate that the maximum tolerated dose of wood creosote was met or exceeded at 200 mg/kg bw/day, there was no evidence of oncogenicity at any dose level. The lack of any evidence of oncogenicity supports the safety profile of the active ingredient in Seirogan, wood creosote.


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