BIOCHEMICAL AND TOXICOLOGICAL STUDIES ON THE MIXTURES OF 3 COMMONLY-USED HERBICIDES IN MICE

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CHATURVEDI, AK [1 ]
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[1] N DAKOTA STATE UNIV, COLL PHARM, DEPT PHARMACEUT SCI TOXICOL, FARGO, ND 58105 USA
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10.1007/BF01146160
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X [环境科学、安全科学];
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Herbicidal-mixtures have not been adequately studied in biological systems. Therefore, mixtures of three commonly-used herbicides were evaluated. Alachlor (AL), atrazine (AT), picloram (PI), AL+AT, AT+PI, PI+AL and AL+AT+PI, at 10 ppm (in drinking water) of each herbicide, were provided to mice for 30, as well as for 90, days ad libitum; these herbicides and mixtures, at 100 mg/kg (in com oil) of each herbicide, were also given to additional groups of mice by oral intubation daily for 21 days. In the 30-day test, the spleen/body weight ratios on Day 31 with respect to the control were increased in the AT (53%) and AL+AT (44%) groups. Decreases in the body weights were noted in the treated groups after Day 31 during the 90-day test. Serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (SGPT), glutamic-oxalacetic transaminase (SGOT) and alkaline phosphatase activities with AL+AT+PI were elevated by 36-92% on Day 91; SGPT (34%) and SGOT (73%) activities were increased with AL. During the 21-day oral intubation study, the mouse body weights in the mixture groups were generally lower than the control (p less-than-or-equal-to 0.05). The liver/body weight ratios were elevated in all groups (16-38%); the spleen/body weight ratio increased with PI (50%). The kidney/body weight ratios were high with PI+AL and AL+AT+PI (p less-than-or-equal 0.05). Excluding AT, the pentobarbital-induced sleep was less (51-77%) in the herbicide-treated groups. Also, necrosis of individual and small groups of hepatocytes was noted with the mixtures. The 9000 g hepatic metabolism of aniline, amidopyrine, phenacetin, and/or benzo[a]pyrene in both 21- and 90-day tests was generally high in the herbicide-treated groups (p less-than-or-equal-to 0.05). Findings from this study reveal that these herbicidal-mixtures have the potential to cause hepatotoxicity and stimulate the liver xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes in mice.
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