Chronic toxicity study of cyclamate: saccharin (10: 1) in rats. 1975

B L Oser, and S Carson, and G E Cox, and E E Vogin, and S S Sternberg

Chronic rat feeding studies were conducted on a 10: 1 cyclamate/saccharin (C/S) mixture to supplement previous investigations which had established the safety of the individual components. The test mixture was fed at dietary levels designed to furnish 500, 1120, and 2500 mg/kg body weight to groups of 35 male and 45 female rats. The protocol included observations of physical condition, growth response, food efficiency, blood, urine, and postmortem pathology. Reproduction and lactation performance was examined through 2 litters. Teratology was also investigated. Since conversion to cyclohexylamine (CHA) was found to occur in many of the rats, particularly in the higher dosage groups, it was included as an added insult in the diets of about half the animals during the last quarter of the 2-year test period. The only positive finding in these studies which proved to have crucial significance was the occurrence of papillary carcinomas in the bladders of 12 of the 70 rats fed the maximum dietary level of the mixture (equivalent to about 2500 mg/kg body weight) for periods ranging from 78 to 105 weeks (except for one earlier death). This finding was the principal reason for the removal of cyclamates from the "generally recognized as safe" (GRAS) group of non-nutritive sweeteners by the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. In the opinion of the authors, the sequelae following this precipitate ban on cyclamates, prompted by a verbal report of the preliminary findings, warrant placing the study on record for the information of toxicologists and regulatory agencies throughout the world.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007774 Lactation The processes of milk secretion by the maternal MAMMARY GLANDS after PARTURITION. The proliferation of the mammary glandular tissue, milk synthesis, and milk expulsion or let down are regulated by the interactions of several hormones including ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; and OXYTOCIN. Lactation, Prolonged,Milk Secretion,Lactations, Prolonged,Milk Secretions,Prolonged Lactation,Prolonged Lactations
D007928 Lethal Dose 50 The dose amount of poisonous or toxic substance or dose of ionizing radiation required to kill 50% of the tested population. LD50,Dose 50, Lethal
D008297 Male Males
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D012098 Reproduction The total process by which organisms produce offspring. (Stedman, 25th ed) Human Reproductive Index,Human Reproductive Indexes,Reproductive Period,Human Reproductive Indices,Index, Human Reproductive,Indexes, Human Reproductive,Indices, Human Reproductive,Period, Reproductive,Periods, Reproductive,Reproductive Index, Human,Reproductive Indices, Human,Reproductive Periods
D001749 Urinary Bladder Neoplasms Tumors or cancer of the URINARY BLADDER. Bladder Cancer,Bladder Neoplasms,Cancer of Bladder,Bladder Tumors,Cancer of the Bladder,Malignant Tumor of Urinary Bladder,Neoplasms, Bladder,Urinary Bladder Cancer,Bladder Cancers,Bladder Neoplasm,Bladder Tumor,Cancer, Bladder,Cancer, Urinary Bladder,Neoplasm, Bladder,Neoplasm, Urinary Bladder,Tumor, Bladder,Tumors, Bladder,Urinary Bladder Neoplasm
D001835 Body Weight The mass or quantity of heaviness of an individual. It is expressed by units of pounds or kilograms. Body Weights,Weight, Body,Weights, Body
D003494 Cyclamates Salts and esters of cyclamic acid. Cyclamic Acid,Calcium Cyclamate,Cyclamate,Cyclamate Calcium (2:1) Salt,Cyclamate, Calcium (2:1) Salt, Dihydrate,Cyclamate, Sodium Salt,Potassium Cyclamate,Sodium Cyclamate,Cyclamate, Calcium,Cyclamate, Potassium,Cyclamate, Sodium
D003514 Cyclohexylamines A family of alicyclic hydrocarbons containing an amine group with the general formula R-C6H10NH2. Cyclohexylamine
D004032 Diet Regular course of eating and drinking adopted by a person or animal. Diets

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