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The Relevance of Organisms Fat Content in Toxicity of Lipophilic Chemicals to Organisms with Special Referance to Dieldrin and 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD).
Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf. 26, 45-60 (1993)
Lipophilic chemicals such as chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides and other persistent chemicals such as 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) are fat soluble chemicals and are readily bioconcentrated in animal fat depots. The modifying role of the body fat content in the toxicity of chlorinated cyclodiene insecticides to insects and in the toxicity of TCDD to different mammals was investigated. The single oral acute 30-day LD50 data of TCDD in different mammals are presented and correlated with their total body fat content. A two linear regression equation with log/log values was obtained. It is concluded that the storage of TCDD and other related lipophilic and persistent chemicals in lipids of organisms is, in a sense, a detoxication mechanism by which the compounds are removed from sites of action and/or receptors. Therefore, terrestrial organisms such as insects and mammals with higher total body fat content can accumulate and tolerate higher chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide and TCDD doses than organisms with lower fat content. The different sensitivity of mammals of various species, strains, body weight, sex, age, etc. to acute toxicity of TCDD and related lipophilic persistent chemicals can mainly be explained by differences in total body fat content.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0147-6513
e-ISSN
0147-6513
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Volume: 26,
Issue: 1,
Pages: 45-60
Publisher
Elsevier
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Peer reviewed
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Institute of Ecological Chemistry (IOEC)