Evaluation of Chloropentafluorobenzene in a Battery of in vitro Short Term Assays

Abstract

A fully substituted halogenated benzene, chloropentafluorobenzene, was evaluated in a battery of in vitro short-term bioassays to assess its potential biological activity. The assays conducted were Ames Salmonella/ mammalian microsomal mutagenicity assay, the CHO gene mutation assay, the CHO/ sister chromatid exchange and chromosome aberrations assay, a DNA repair assay utilizing primary rat hepatocytes and the BALB/c-3T3 cell transformation assay. The test compound, although a liquid, precipitated out of solution in solvents compatible with the bioassays. Therefore, the actual soluble concentrations in the test medium were not known. Under these conditions, chloropentafluorobenzene produced a positive response in the CHO/chromosome aberrations assay and in the primary rat hepatocyte/DNA repair assay but was not active in the remaining four in vitro assays.

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA165849

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  • Alice S. Tu
  • Andrew Sivak
  • Mildred G. Broome

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  • Arthur D. Little

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