Chemical

Daily dose, d
(mg kg-1)

Median tumor induction time, t (days)

Total dose, D
(mg kg-1)

n

4-DAST

3.4

250

850

3.0

 

2.0

340

680

 

 

1.0

407

407

 

 

0.5

550

275

 

 

0.28

607

170

 

 

0.2

700

140

 

 

0.1

900

90

 

DENA

9.6

101

963

2.3

 

4.8

137

660

 

 

2.4

192

460

 

 

1.2

238

285

 

 

0.6

355

213

 

 

0.3

457

137

 

 

0.15

609

91

 

 

0.075

840

64

 

Table 1: Induction of ear-duct carcinomas in BDII rats by 4-DAST and of liver carcinomas by DENA, after Druckrey and Dischler [21], and Druckrey et al. [22].