KTHYLENE GLYCOL, DIETHYLENE GLYCOL,  DIOXANE AND RELATED COMPOUNDS

            CARCINOGENICITY AND STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY
         RELATIONSHIPS.   OTHER BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES.
           METABOLISM.   ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE.

                     Yin-tak Woo,  Ph.D.
                 Joseph  C.  Arcos,  D.Sc .,  and
                     Mary F. Argus,  Ph.D.
                 Preparation for the Chemical Hazard
                    Identification BrancH "Current
                        Awareness" Program

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                         Table -of Contents;

5.2.2.5              Phenols and Phenolic Compounds
   5.2.2.5.1         Introduction
   5.2.2.5.2         Physicochemical Properties and Biological Effects
      5.2.2.5.2.1    Physical and Chemical Properties
      5.2.2.5.2.2    Biological  Effects Other Than Carcinogenic
   5.2.2.5.3         Carcinogenicity and Structure-Activity Relationships
      5.2.2.5.3.1    Overview
      5.2.2.5.3.2    Simple (Monocyclic) Phenolics
      5.2.2.5.3.2    Polynuclear Phenolics
      5.3.2.5.3.3    Phenolics as Modifiers  of Chemical Carcinogenesis
   5.2.2.5.4         Metabolism  and Mechanism of Action
   5.2.2.5.5         Environmental Significance

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 5.2.2.5  Phenols  and  Phenolic Compounds.
      5.2.2.5.1   Introduction.
      Phenols  and  phenolic  compounds  (hereafter  collectively  called  phenolics)




 represent an  important  class  of  compounds  that  helped  to formulate  some of  the




 basic concepts  of chemical  carcinogenesis.   Depending  on  their  chemical struc-




 ture,  phenolics may have complete  carcinogenic,  tumor-initiating,  tumor-




 promoting,  or cocarcinogenic  activity.   Some phenolics inhibit  the  carcino-




 genic  activity  of certain carcinogens,  suggesting  the  possibility of  their  use




 as  chemoprophylactic  agents.   Phenolics are  ubiquitously present in the




 environment due to their natural occurrence  as  well as extensive industrial




 uses.   This section focuses on comercially used phenolics and some  naturally




 occurring simple  phenolics; botanical phenolics  with complex structures will




 be  discussed  in Section 5.3.2.





     Owing  to their desirable  physicochemical properties and biological




 activities, phenolics have found numerous applications as antioxidants,




 stabilizers,  antibacterials, preservatives,  solvents,  redox  reagents,  pharma-




 ceuticals,  chemical intermediates, food  flavoring agents, etc.  Consumer




 products containing phenolics  include processed  foods, cosmetics, dyes, drugs,




 photographic chemicals, pesticides, gasoline, lubricants, adhesives, disinfec-




 tants, soaps, paints and paint removers  (see also Section 5.2.2.5.5).  With an




 annual production of 2.38 billion Ibs.  in 1978, phenol ranked 38th  in  produc-




 tion volume among U.S. chemicals (cited  in ref. 1).  The annual U.S. consump-




 tion of phenolic antioxidants is approximately 1,400, 450 and 230 metric tons




 for butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)  and propyl




gallate, respectively (2).   Other phenolics with production volume  exceeding




one million Ibs. in recent years include bisphenol A, 2,4-dichlorophenol,

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pentachlorophenol, cresols, resorcinol and hydroquinone.  Eugenol, a widely




used food flavor and fragrance additive, had a production volume of 425,000




Ibs. in  the United States in 1978 (cited in ref. 3).  In addition  to the above




consumer products, human exposure to phenolics may also occur through polluted




air or water, tobacco smoke, natural foodstuffs or indirectly via exposure to




aromatic compounds which may be hydroxylated to phenolics in the body.





     As may be expected from their wide occurrence in consumer products and in




the environment, human'exposure to some phenolics may be extensive.  The




potential carcinogenic risk of such exposure does not seem to have attracted




much attention until recently.  The general lack of high concern may be due to




the facts that (a) phenolics (e.g., norepinephrine, tyramine, dopamine, homo-




gen tis tic acid)  are normal constituents of animal and plant  tissues where they




play a role in metabolic regulation (4), (b) aromatic hydroxylation is




generally assumed to-be "detoxifying" in nature, and (c) some phenolics may




inhibit carcinogenesis (see Section 5.2.2.5.3.4).  However,  recent mutagenic-




ity studies have indicated that some types of phenolics may be more hazardous




than generally assumed.  Metabolic studies on benzene (see Appendix I for its




carcinogenicity) have implicated polyhydric phenols as the reactive interme-




diates.  This section discusses the carcinogenicity and mutagenicity data on




phenolics according to the type of substituents present in the ring, the




possible chemical or biochemical mechanisms leading to potential reactive




intermediates, and the tumor-promoting, cocarcinogenic and inhibitory activi-




ties.

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     5.2.2.5.2  Physicochemical Properties and Biological Effects.





     5.2.2.5.2.1  PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES.





     The physical and chemical properties of phenolics have been described in




several excellent reviews (5-16) and in standard textbooks on organic




chemistry (e.g., 17).  The physicochemical properties of some widely used




simple phenolics are summarized in Table A.  The structural formulas of the




phenolics discussed in this section are depicted in Table B and D.  In




general, phenols are more polar, can form stronger hydrogen bonds, and have a




greater ability to act as solvents for polar organic molecules, than their




corresponding saturated alcohols (e.g., cyclohexanol).  The hydroxyl group of




phenol (pKa=9.9) is considerably more acidic than  that of cyclohexanol (pKa




approximately 18).  The greater acidity of phenols is attributed to the




greater stability of phenoxide anion in which the unshared electron pair is




delocalized because of resonance:








                                                                                     V




                                [text  figure  1]
The acidity of phenols is greatly enhanced by substitution with electron-




withdrawing atoms or groups (e.g., -NO^, -Cl), whereas electron-donating




substituents (e.g., -R, -OH, -OR, -NH2) tend to have an opposite effect (see




Table A).  The partition coefficient (log P) -f phenols is increased by




substitution with halogen,  alkyl or nitro group(s) whereas highly polar




substituents (such as a hydroxyl group) may lower the log P.  Both pKa and log




P may affect pharmacokinetic properties and biological effects of phenolics.

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Table A.  Physicochomical Properties of  Phenol  and  its  Derivatives'
                                                                                 p.  1  ot 2
Compound
Phenol
o-Cresol
m-Cresol
p-Cresol
2,4-Xylenol
2-Chlorophenol
2,4-Dichlorophenol
2,4, 5-Trichlorophenol
2,4, 6-Tr ichlorophenol
2.3,4, 6-Te trachlorophenol
Pentachlorophenol
2-Ni trophenoll
j i
1 '
2 , 4-Dini trophenol
m.p .
(°C)
40.9
30.9
12.0
34.8
27-28
8.7
43-44
68
68
69-70
190
44-45
114-115
b.p. Vapor Pressure Solubility0
(°C) (mm Hg) (gm/100 ml H20) pKa logpoct
182
191
203
202
210
175
210
245
246
64
(at 22 mm Hg)
309-310
214-216
sublimes
1.27 at 41°C
0.25 at 25°C '.
i
0.15 at 25°C
0.11 at 25°C !
I
1 at 52.8°C
1 at 12.1°C
1 at 53°C
1 at 72°C
1 at 76.5°C
—
0.12 at 100°C
1 at 49°c
—
6.6
2.5
2.2
1.9
—
<0.1
0.45
0.12
0.09
0.10
0.0014
0.032
0.079
9.89
—
—
9.82
10.6
8.49
7.68
7.43
7.42
5.38
(20°C) 4.96
(38°C) 7.13
4.0
1.46
1.95
1.96
1.94
—
2.15
3.06
3.72
3.62
4.10
5.01
1.77
1.51

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                    Table A.  Physicochemical Properties of Phenol and Its Derivatives
                                                (continued)
                                                                                                    p. 2 of 2
     Compound
                                  m.p.
              b.p.     Vapor  Pressure      Solubility0
              (°C)          (mm  Hg)      (gm/100 ml HZO)    pKa
Picric acid

Catechol

Resorcinol

Hydroquinone
122-123

  105

  111

173-174
     300

    245.5

     280
l.at 195°C
 0.67 (100 C)  0.8
volatile in steam   soluble
53 at 190 C
     285       4 at 150°C
(at 730 mm Hg)
58.8\

 7.0
  9.48

  9.44
/
/ 10.0
2.03
0.78
  ummarized from data compiled in Kirk-Othner Encyclo.Ch.ein. Tech. (3rd ed.)^5_, 864 (1979J) and \T_, 373
 (1982); Intern. Agcy. Res. CancerTionog. , 15, 155 (1977); Ha tl.jTnst. Occup. Safety Health (HIOSH)  Publ.
 Nos. 78-133 (Cresol) and 78-155 (Hydroquinone); U.S. Environ. Protection Agcy. (EPA) Publ. Nos. 440/5-80-032
 (Chlorinated phenols), 440/5-80-044 (2,4-Dimethylphenol) and 440/5^80-063 (Nitrophenols) ; "Merck  Index"  (9th
 ed.), Merck and Co., Rahway, NJ, 1976; Y. Yasuda, K. tochikubo Y, Hdshicuka et ai., J.^Mied. Chem. 25j  315
 (1982); C. Hansch and A. Leo, "Substituent Constants for Correlation^ Analysis in Chemistry and  BioloRy,"
 Wiley, New York, 1979.

 For structural formulas, see Tables B and D.

cUnless specified, solubilities are measured at 25°C*

 Logarithm of water-octanol -partition coefficient.

eSoluble in 2.3 parts water

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                                OH
       OH
      Phenol
   OH  OH   OH
 1,8,9-trihydrory-
  onthracene  form
     BHT (
     BHA (R=CH30)
                        Cl    OH   OH   Cl
Cl    Cl   Cl    Cl
  Hexachlorophene


   OH   0    OH
  1,8-dihydroxy-
 9-anthrone form
               Anthralin
                      CH,Q
                                                        1'   2'  3'
HO-/  VcH2-CH=CH;>

        Eugenol
     765

   Hydroxybenzo[a] pyrene
Table B.  Structural Formulae of  Some Phenolics  that  have been

           Tested for Carcinogenicity.

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e
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• M •
                                                            G

                       Text-Figure   1

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      Phenols  (and phenoxide anions) are very susceptible  to electrophilic


 substitution.  As nay be expected from the resonance structures of phenoxide

                 «.
 anion, electrophilic agents preferentially attack positions ortho or para  to


 the hydroxyl  group.  Polyhydric phenols are even more susceptible to electro-


 philic aromatic substitution, especially if the hydroxyls are meta to one


 another  (e.g., resorcinol, phloroglucinol), in which case, their activating


 influences  reinforce each other.


      One-electron oxidation generates from phenols highly reactive phenoxy


 free  radicals, the odd electron of which is delocalized.  The positions of the


 odd electron  may be represented by  the resonance structures:
                                [ text figure ?'
Depending on  the nature and positions of substituents on  the aromatic ring,


phenoxy radicals may undergo (a) dimerization or coupling reactions yielding


dihydroxybiphenyls, hydroxyphenol phenyl ethers or diphenyl peroxides (revers-


ible), or (b) disproportionation reaction yielding phenolic and ketonic


products.  The stability of phenoxy radicals may be enhanced by substitution


with bulky alkyl groups.  For example,  the radical of 2,4,6-t-butylphenol is


reasonably stable in benzene as indicated by the color of the solution and  the


chemical properties of the solute.


     In addition to being more susceptible to electrophilic aromatic substitu-


tion than phenols, polyhydric phenols are also more easily oxidized.  For 1,2-


and 1,4-dihydroxybenzene (e.g., catechol and hydroquinone), 1,2- and 1,4-


benzoquinone are the final oxidation products.  In fact, quinones and poly-

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0
                                                          '0'
                 Text-Figure  2

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 hydric phenols  are often readily interconvertible.  It is important  to point




 out  that semiquinones are formed during  the interconversions if  the electrons




 are  transferred one at a time.  Semiquinones are reactive electrophilic inter-




 mediates; 'they  may also undergo reversible dimerization to form  peroxides.
                                [text figure 3]
 In contrast  to 1,2- and 1,4-dihydroxybenzene, 1,3-dihydroxybenzene does not




 give rise  to quinone upon oxidation because 1,3-quinone cannot assume an




 unstrained planar structure.  Oxidation of resorcinol yields complex products




 probably by way of attack at  the 4-position, which is activated by being ortho




 to one hydroxyl and para to the other (17).





     Polycyclic phenolic compounds are generally more reactive and have a




 greater tendency to tautomerize from enolic to ketonic structure  than mono-




 cyclic phenolics (6).  The naphthols share many reactions in common with




 resorcinol.  1,4-Naphthaquinol exists in two tautomeric forms:
                                [ text figure 4]
which are stable under ambient temperature conditions and can be isolated.




The hydroxy derivatives of anthracene show a greater tendency  to exist in  the




tautomeric keto form.  Studies by Segal _e_£al. (18) indicate that anthralin




(1,8,9-trihydroxyanthracene) exists predominantly in the ketonic anthrone  form




(see Table B) .

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       _
      -e
                     semiqumone
               Text-Figure  3
      -e
                                           0
                                           0
         OH
         OH
Dienol form
Diketo form
               Text-Figure

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      5.2.2.5.2.2  BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS  OTHER THAN CARCINOGENIC.





      Toxic effects.  The  toxicity of  phenolics has been extensively studied




because of decades of human exposure  to  these compounds.  The literature is




replete with reviews and monographs on the toxicology of phenol (5, 15, 16,




19,  20), chlorophenols  (5, 9-11, 14,  16,  21-23), nitrophenols (13, 24), alkyl-




phenols (12, 16, 25), polyhydric phenols  (7, 16, 26), phenolic antioxidants




(19,  27) and hexachlorophene (28-30).  Representative acute  toxicity data of




some  important phenolics are summarized in Table C.  As the data in the Table




indicate,  their toxicity  is strongly  influenced by  the  type and position(s) of




the ring substituents.  In general, substitution with alkyl or alkoxy groups




tend  to decrease the toxicity, especially with multiple substitution with




bulky groups.  Chlorophenols are more toxic  than phenol itself and toxicity




increases with an increase in  the extent  of  chlorination.  The mode of  toxic




action changes from CNS effects (tremors, convulsion) by less chlorinated




phenols (which have higher pKa and are therefore largely in undissociated form




at body pH) to uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation by highly chlorinated




phenols.  Dinitrophenols are considerably more toxic than mononitrophenols.




The relative toxicity of  the dinitrophenol isomers follows the order:   2,4- >




2,6- > 3,5- > 3,4- > 2,5- > 2,3-isomer (45).  This order appears to correlate




with  the residence time of the isomers in the body (45) and  their potency as




uncouplers of oxidative phosphorylation (46).  The importance of the position




of ring substitution on the toxicity of phenols is exemplified by dihydroxy-




benzenes.  Both 1 ^-d^vdroxybenzene  (catechol) and 1,4-dihydroxybenzene




(hydroquinone) are more toxic  than their  1,3-isomer (resorcinol).  It is note-




worthy in this connection that both catechol and hydroquinone can be oxidized




to quinones whereas resorcinol cannot.

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Table C.  Acute Toxicity of Phenols and Phenolic  Compounds
V
Compound
Phenol - -
o-Cresol
m-Cresol
p-Cresol
2,4-Xylenol
Thymol
Butyl a ted hydroxy toluene
Butylated hydroxyanisole
Eugenol
2-Chl orophenol
3-Chlorophenol
4-Chlorophenol
2 , 4-Dichlorophenol
2,4,5-Trichlorophenol
2,4, 6-Trichlorophenol
2,3,4, 6-Te trachlorophenol
Species & Route
Mouse, oral
Rat, oral
Rat, topical
Rabbit, topical
Mouse, oral
Rat, oral
Rabbit, topical
Mouse, oral
Rat, oral
Rabbit, topical
Mouse, oral
Rat, oral
Rabbit, topical
Mouse , oral
Rat, oral
Rat, oral
Rat, oral
Mouse, oral
Rat, oral
Mouse, oral
Rat, oral
Rat, oral
Rat, i.p.
Rat, i.p.
Rat, i.p.
Rat, oral
Rat, i.p.
Ra t , i.p.
Rat, i.p.
Mouse, oral
Mouse, i.p.
LD5Q (mg/kg)a
520; 436
530; 650
670
850; 1,400
344
1,470
890
828
2,010
2,830
344
1,460
300
809
3,200
980
1,700 (M); 1,970 (F)
2,000
2,200
3,000
2,680
670
230
335
250
580
430
355
276
131
82
Reference
(19,
(7,
(33)
(7,
(31)
(31)
(34)
(31)
(31)
(34)
(31)
(31)
(34)
(31)
(31)
(35)
(36)
(19)
(19)
(35)
(35)
(37)
(38)
(38)
(38)
(37)
(38)
(38)
(38)
(39)
(39)
31)
32)
34)
















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Table C.  Acute Toxicity of Phenols and Phenolic Compounds
                        (continued)
Compound
Pen tachlorophenol
2-Ni trophenol
3-Ni trophenol
4-Ni trophenol
2, 4-Dini trophenol
Vanillin
Sodium salicylate
Catechol
Resorcinol
Hydroquinone
Bisphenol A
Hexachlorophene
Species & Route
Mouse , oral
Mouse, i.p.
Rat, oral
Rat, topical
House, oral
Rat, oral
Mouse , oral
Rat, oral
Mouse , oral
Rat, oral
Rat, oral
Rat, oral
Rat, i.p.
Mouse, oral
Rat, oral
Rabbit, topical
Rat, oral
Rabbit, oral
Mouse , oral
Rat, oral
Mouse, oral
Rat, oral
Rat, oral
LD5Q (mg/kg)a
74
32
146 (H); 175 (F)
320 (M); 330 (F)
1,300
2,830
1,410
930
470
620
30
1,580
780
260
300
800
980
3,360
400
320
2,500
4,240
66 (M); 56 (F)
Reference
(39)
(39)
(40)
(40)
(34)
(34)
(34)
(34)
(34)
(34)
(41)
(35)
(42)
(19)
(7)
(7)
(7)
(7)
(19)
(19)
(43)
(43)
(44)
aM = male; F = female

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      Several investigators have attempted to establish a quantitative struc-



 ture-toxicity relationship of  phenols.   In a 1970 report,  Gubergrits and Kirso



 (47) derived a modified form of Hammett-Taft equation* which correlates the



 electron density in the reactive hydroxyl group regions with the toxicity of



 phenols.  Unfortunately,  insufficient details of the study were given to allow



 critical assessment.   Stockdale and  Selwyn (48), Tollenacre (49),  and Motais



 et al.  (50)  concur that a correlation exists between the activity of phenols



 as uncouplers of oxidative phosphorylation and their electronic and hydro-



 phobic  bonding properties.  Mizutani _e_t _al_. (51) have delineated the struc-



 tural requirements of  butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) and related compounds as



 pulmonary toxicants.   The two  essential requirements appear to be:   (i) a



 methyl  group para to OH,  and (ii)  ortho-alkyl group(s) which represent steric



 hindrance against interactions with  the OH group.  Based on these structure-



 activity relationships and available metabolic data, they proposed  the forma-



 tion of _p_-quinone methide (see Section 5.2.2.5.4) as reactive toxic interme-



 diate.




      Mutagenicity. Phenolics  have been known for decades to be mi to tic



 spindle poisons^in plant  tissues.  Early  studies on the mutagenicity of 15
               ^


 phenols were reviewed  by  Dean  (52) in 1978.  Since then, over 100 phenolics



 have been tested for mutagenicity  in various test systems.  The following



 discussion focuses on  studies  using  the Ames test and mammalian cells with



 emphasis  on  structure-activity relationships.




      An enormous amount of information  on the mutagenicity of phenols (as



.detected  in  the  Ames test)  has  become available in the past few years from the
  *For  a  detailed  discussion  of  Hanunett equation,  see p. 271 of Volume I.

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 testing of cosmetics ingredients, food additives, water pollutants,  tobacco




 smoke condensates, shale oil products and various environmental samples.  The




 major findings in  these studies are summarized in Table D.  Unsubstituted




 phenol (Group A in Table D) is nonmutagenic according to most investigators,




 although one study (57) indicates that phenol induces frame-shift mutation




 (strain TA98) following metabolic activation.  Alkyl- and alkoxyphenols (Group




 B in Table D) are generally inactive with  the possible exceptions of eugenol




 and isoeugenol, which have an allyl and a propenyl sidechain, respectively.




 It is possible that the mutagenicity of  these two compounds is associated with




 their unsaturated sidechains; indeed, the epoxide of eugenol (eugenol-21,3'-




 oxide) is a direct-acting mutagen (61).  Hone of the chlorophenols (Group C in




 Table D) tested were found to be mutagenic; however, it is not clear whether




 the testing of the more highly chlorinated phenols has been adequate because




 of their limited solubility.  Several nitro/aminophenols (Group D in Table D)




 are mutagenic.  These compounds all have at least two positions (one of which




 ortho to the hydroxyl group) substituted with either nitro or ainino groups, or




 one of each.  Since a variety of substituted benzenediamines and nitrobenzenes




 are mutagenic or carcinogenic (64, 67, 74, 75), the phenolic hydroxyl group




 appears to play only a modifying role.  With one exception, none of  the




 hydroxybenzaldehydes, hydroxyacetophenones and hydroxybenzoic acids  (Group E




 in Table D) were found rautagenic.  Rapson ^_t _al_. (54) listed 3,6-dichloro-2-




 hydroxybenzaldehyde,  but not its 3,5-dichloro-isomer, to be mutagenic.  Some-




what conflicting results have been obtained in studies on polyhydric phenols




 (Group F in Table D).  Ben-Gurion (73) found pyrogallol mutagenic in strains




 TA100 and TA1537, but addition of liver S-9 mix reduced the activity.  This




finding was supported by the data of Gocke j5£al. (57) that three polyhydric




phenols:   resorcinol  in TA1535A (+S9) and TA100 (-S9), hydroquinone  in TA1535A

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Table D.  Mutagenicity of Phenols in Che Ames Test
Substituent at Position2
Compound
(A) UnaubacL Diced
Phenol
2
Phenol
a
3 4
a a
ii
a

6 A
a
itagenici tvk
- (53-56)
+ (57)
(B) Alkylphenols and Alkoxyphenola
o-, ja-, or £-Cresol
Xylenols
Trlme thylphenols
2-, 3-, or
4-Ethylphenol
Thymol
380*
Gualcol
4-Hydroxyanisole
BBAC
Eugenol
Eugenol-2 ' , 3 ' -oxide

Iso«ugenol
(C) Chlorophenols
2-, 3-, or
4-Chl o rophenol
01 chlorophenols
Trichlorophenols
CB.J at 2-, 3-, or 4-poaltion
CH, ac 2,3-, 2,
CBj at 2,
C?a5 at 2-,
i-c3a7
**&
oca3
a
4-, 2,5-, 2,6-, 3,4-,
3,5-, 2,4,5-, or 2,4,
3-, or 4-poaition
a a
n CH
a a
a oca-j
t-C,^ at 2-/3-poaid.on OCHn
OC3.J
OCHj

OCHj

Q at 2-, 3-
d at 2,3-, 2
a at 2,3.,4-, 2
B CBjCH-CH-
H (^CH-CHj
0
a CH"CHCH3

, or 4-poaition
,4-, 2,5-, 2,6-, 3,4-
,3,5-, 2,3,6-, 2.4,5-
a
or
a
3,5-poaltions
6-poaitlona
a
ca3
a
a
H
H
H
a

a

a
, or
, or
H
B
-E-C4H9
a
a
H
a
a

a ..

a
3,5-poaitions
2,4, 6-poai dons
- (53, 58)
- (53, 56)
- (53, 56)
- (53, 56)
- (53)
- (59, 60)
- (53, 54, 58)
- (53)
- (59, 60)
- (54, 58, 61)
+ (53)
+ (61)

- C5A) -
* (61)

- (54)
- (54, 62)
- (54, 58, 62)

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Tabla 0.  Mntaganlcity of Phenol* in th«
                    (continued)
T««t
Substttuant at Position2
Compound 2
(C) Chlorophenols (eont'd)
2,3,4,6-T«tr»-
chlorophanol Q
Pancachlorophanol . d
(D) Nitrophanola and Aainophanols
2— or 4-Hitroph«nol N02/B
2-Httro-3-
mathylphanol NOj
2,4-M.nitrophanol NC^ _
jr- or j£-A»inophanol a
Aoa Paial nnnH«i W
2-Amino-4-
nicro phenol NH-
2-Anino-5-
nieroph«nol • MB-
2-Mltro-4-
aainophanol . H02
Picric acid H02
4,6-Dinitro-
o-cr«»ol CH«
3

a
d
a
CH^
a
HBj/E
a
a
a
a
E
a
a
4 5

GL a
a a
H/HOZ a
a a
NO, a
B/HOM a ,- '
UK*.- a^
• HBCOGS* B
H02. &
a so2
£Ub^ ^L
B02 a
tin u
EIUA &
(E) Hydrox7b«nraldehyd*» , Hydrozyac* caphanona* , and Hydraxytoanzoic
2-, 3-, or 4-
hydroncTbanxaldahTda CHQ at 2-,
Vanillin OCH,
Syringealdehyde OCH^
3-, or
a
H
4-poaltion a
CBO a
CBO H
6

a
a
a
a
a
R
a
a
a
a
a
N02
N02
Acid
B
a
OCH^
Mutagenlcity"

- (62)
- (63)d
- (64, 65)
- (64)
- (64, 66, 67)
- (65. 67, 6S)
+ (67)
-(60)
+ (67, 68)
+ (64, 68)
+ (67)
+ (57)
- (64)
- (63)d
- (53, 54)
- (54)
- (54)

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                                                                       p.  3 of  4
                       Table 0.   Mucagenicity of Phenols In Che Ane» Tasc
                                           (continued)
Subatituent at Position*
Coopound
( E) Bydroxyb enzaldehydea ,
3-Chloro-4-faydroxy-
benzaldehyde
3,5-D±chloro-2-
' hydroxybenzaldehyde
s
3,6-Dichloro-2-
hydroxyfoenzaldehyd*
2
3
4
5
Bydroxyaeetaphenonea, and Bydroxyb enzoic
a
CHO.
CHO
2-, 3-, or 4-
acetophenone COCE, at 2-,
Salicylic acid
j£-3ydroxyb enzoic
i acid
Vanillic acid
Syringic acid
Pro coca cachuic acid
Propyl gallate
(?) Polyhydric Phenols
CataohAl
Reaoreinol
Eydroquinone
Pyrogallol
COOH
H
OCS*
OCH.
OH
OH
OH
H
E
OH
B
E
a.
3-, or
B
E
H
E
B
OH
H
OH
H
OH
CHO
a
H
4-posl don
B
COOH
COOH
COOH
COOH
H C
H
H
OH
B
B
B
a
B
B
B
E
B
H
KXX^Ey
H
H
B
B
6
Acid
B
a.
Q
B
B
B
E
OCH,,
B
B
E
H
B
E
Miitagenicicr3
(cont'd)
- (54)
- (54)
+ (54)
• \ «*^ /
- (53, 54)
- (65)
- (54)
- (54)
- (54)
- (54)
- (59, 60)
- (53, 69)
- (53, 65, 66,
70, 71)
- (53, 54)
* (57)
- (54, 72")
± (53)
+ (57, 73)
Phloroglucinol
B
OH
E
OH
H
- (54)

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                                                                      p. 4 of 4
                       Tabla 0.  Mutagenicity of Phenols in Che Ames Test
                                          (continued)

Compound
(F) Polyhydric Phenols
3,4-, 3,5-, 3,6-,
or 4,5-W.chloro—
catachol
3,4,5-Trichloro-
cacechol
4-Chlororesorcinol
Chlorohydroquinone
2 , 5-Dlchlorohydro—
quinone

2
(cont'd)

OE
OE
H
a
CL
SubstiCuent at Position3
3456


CL at 3,4-, 3,5-r 3,6- or 4,5-ooaitions
CL CL Q H
OH CL H H
H .OH H H
E OH CL E
V
Mutagenicity^


- (53, 58)
- (58)
- (68)
- (54)
- (54)
*?oaition L of all these- compounds is occupied by an OH group.
°Mutagenicityr  "V • positive; "i* * equivocal; "-"' • negative.  Numbers in parentheses are
 reference numbers.
CBHT - butylated hydroxytoluene; BHA - butylated hydroxyanlaole.
 Metabolic activation system (39 mix) not included in this study.

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 (-S9)  and  pyrogallol  in TA1537  (-S9),  TA98 and TA100  (±S9), were mutagenic.




 Florin ££jal_«  (53) found pyrogallol  to have marginal mutagenic activity.   In




 contrast  to  these studies, none of  these and other polyhydric phenols were




 found  mutagenic by several other investigators (see Table D).





     In addition  to phenols, a number  of hydroxynaphthalenes and hydroxy-




 anthracenes have been  tested for mutagenicity.  Both 1-naphthol (53, 57, 65,




 76) and 2-naphthol (53, 76) are negative in  the Ames  test.  The introduction




 of nitro groups may confer mutagenic activity.  Thus, l-nitro-2-naphthol (64),




 2,4-dinitro-l-naphthol (77) and its  7-sulfono derivative (64) all display




 mutagenic  activity.  Brown and coworkers (rev, in ref. 78) have tested  the




 mutagenicity of several hydroxyanthracenes.  An throne (9-hydroxyanthracene)




 has been found inactive whereas several polyhydric anthracenes, such as




 anthralin  (1,8,9-trihydroxyanthracene), anthrarobin (3,4-dihydroxyanthracene)




 and crysarobin (l,8,9-trihydroxy-3-niethylanthracene) are all mutagenic in




 strains TA1537 (a frameshift mutant).  Hexachlorophene, a bisphenol, is




 nonmutagenic (57).





     The genotoxic effects of phenolics in plants have prompted many investi-




 gators to assess the chromosome-damaging potential of these compounds in




 mammalian cells.  Probst ^_t_al_. (76) showed  that a number of phenolics  (such




 as 4-aminophenol, 4-nitrophenol1, 2,4-dinitrophenol, 2,4-dichlorophenol, resor-




 cinol, I-/2-naphthol, and anthralin) are all inactive in the unscheduled DNA




 synthesis (UDS) tests.  Morimoto and Wolff (79) found that catechol and, to a




 lesser degree, hydroquinone induce sister chromatid exchange (SCE) in cultured




human lymphocytes.  Phenol is considerably less active and benzene is inac-




 tive.  An in vitro study by Bracher _e_t ^1_. (71) showed that resorcinol is




inactive in SCE in bone marrow cells of rats.  Kawachi (cited in ref. 6)




 tested six phenolics in several chromosome aberration tests; propyl gallate,

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 acetaminophen and isobutyl-p-hydroxybenzoate were found active, whereas  BHT,


 BHA, and butyl-p- hydroxybenzoate were inactive.  Stich _e_t_ ai. (80) asessed


 the clastogenic activity of seventeen phenolics in Chinese hanster ovary (CHO)


 cells by measuring  the number of chroiaatid breaks and exchanges;  the most


 significant finding was  that monohydroxylated phenolics (e.g., salicylic acid,


_p_-hydroxybenzoic acid) generally lack clastogenic activity, whereas most


 dihydroxylated (e.g., catechol, resorcinol, protocatechuic acid)  and  tri-


 hydroxylated phenolics (e.g., pyrogallol, phloroglucinol, gallic  acid) exhibit


 a relatively strong chronosome-datnaging potential.  The clastogenic activity


 of most of the phenolics is reduced by the addition of liver  S-9  mix, but

                                          i t        i i
 increased by transition metals such as Cu   and Mn  .  Comparison of  the dose-


 response data suggests that the relative potency of polyhydric phenols follows


 the order:  catechol > pyrogallol > resorcinol  > phloroglucinol.  In  the


micronucleus test (which detects chromosome aberrations in mouse  bone marrow


 cells) by Go eke ^_t _al_. (57), pyrogallol and hydroquinone were both active


whereas phenol, resorcinol, picric acid, 1-naphthol and hexachlorophene  were


 all inactive.



     Thus, both the bacterial and mammalian data concur that monohydroxylated


phenolics are generally nonmutagenic unless they are ring-substituted with


functional groups which are known to confer mutagenic activity.   On  the  other


hand, polyhydric phenolics (especially catechol, hydroquinone, pyrogallol)


have relatively strong mutagenic or chromosome-damaging potentials.



     Teratogenicity.  A number of phenolics have been tested for  terato-


genicity; among these, hexachlorophene and salicylates are active in some


species.   The safety of the use of hexachlorophene was first questioned  since


 the discovery in 1971  of its toxic effects on neonatal rat brain.  Oakley and


Shepard (81),  Gaines _e_t__al_. (44),  and Kennedy _e_£_al_. (82,  83) demonstrated



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 subsequently  that hexachlorophene causes malformations  (angulated ribs, cleft




 palates, micro- and anophthalmia) in  the offspring of rats given high




 (maternally toxici) doses of  the compound in  the diet or by gavage.  Terato-




 genic effects were also observed in rats exposed  to the compound via vaginal




 treatment  (84).  In rabbits, oral administration  of hexachlorophene led to a




 relatively low incidence of rib malformation (82) whereas mice appeared to be




 resistant  to  the teratogenic effects  of  the  compound (85).  Recently, retro-




 spective epidemiological studies performed on employees of six Swedish




 hospitals  suggested that severe congenital malformations occurred nore




 frequently in infants (25/460) born to mothers who used hexachlorophene soaps




 during at  least the first  trimester of pregnancy  than those (0/233) born  to




 similarly  employed mothers who did not use hexachlorophene soaps (86).  It is




 important  to note that hexachlorophene is synthesized from 2,4,5-trichloro-




 phenol, the same chemical  that in the manufacture of 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy-




 acetic acid is known to give rise to  chlorinated  dibenzodioxins.





     Sodium salicylate has been shown to cause gross anomalies (rib anomalies)




 in mice (87) and rats (88).  Minor and Becker (88) compared the  teratogenic




 potential of sodium salicylate (active), sodium benzoate "(active) and phenol"




 (inactive) and concluded that the teratogenicity  is associated with carboxyl




moiety, while the hydroxyl group plays a contributory but not obligatory




 role.  It should be noted, however, that _p_-hydroxybenzoic acid was not  terato-




genic in mice (87).   Goldman and Yakovac (89) reported  that the  teratogenicity




of salicylate is probably unrelated to its activity as an uncoupler of oxida-




 tive phosphorylation because 2,4-dinitrophenol, a well known uncoupler, is not




 teratogenic in rats.  Four other phenolics have been found to have no signifi-




cant teratogenic effects:  the food additives, butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)




and hydroxyanisole  (BHA) in mice and rats (90), and nonkeys (91); the wood
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preservative,  pentachlorophenol in rats  (92); and  the herbicide, dinitro-o_-




 cresol in mice  (93).
      5.2.2.5^3  Carcinogenicity and Structure-Activity Relationships.





      5.2.2.5.3.1  OVERVIEW.  Over fifty phenolics have been  tested for car-




 cinogenicity.  Many of  these studies are, however, probably  of insufficient




 quality  to provide unequivocal results.  Available data suggest  that most




 monohydric nonocyclic phenols are either inactive or, at most, weakly carcino-




 genic.   Phenol itself is inactive by oral administration but induces skin




 tumors in nice after repeated applications of high (irritating)  doses.




 Comparative studies by Boutwell and Bosch (94) showed that ring  substitution




 with  chlorine (at the 2-position) or methyl groups yields compounds with skin




 carcinogenicity comparable to that of phenol; substitution with bulky alkyl




 group or electron-withdrawing substituents (-N02> -CHO, -COOH) at 2- or 4-




 position abolishes the carcinogenicity of phenol.





      2,4,6-Trichlorophenol and'4-amino-2-nitrophenol are, at the time of this




writing, the only two simple phenolics that have been unequivocally shown to




be carcinogenic in rodents after oral administration.  The former induces




lymphoinas or leukemias in male F344 rats and liver tumors in B6C3F, mice while




 the latter is carcinogenic toward the urinary bladder of F344 rats.  There is




some suggestive evidence that butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) and eugenol may




be carcinogenic in some strains of mice.





     Bacterial and mammalian data suggest that polyhydric phenols may have




relatively high mutagenic potential (see Section 5.2.2.5.2.2).  Four poly-




hydric phenols (catechol, resorcinol,  hydroquinone and pyrogallol) have, thus




far,  been tested for carcinogenicity on the skin of mice and rabbits and found
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 to be generally inactive.  There is some evidence that oral administration of


 hydroquinone may increase the incidence of renal tumors; it also increases the


 incidence of bladder tumors after in situ pellet implantation.  Two bisphenols


 (bispheno! A and hexachlorophene) have been adequately tested and consistently


 found to be inactive.


     Among the polycyclic phenols, anthralin (1,8,9-trihydroxyanthracene) is


 generally inactive as a complete skin carcinogen but may induce lymphomas in


 one strain (ICR) of mice.  2-Hydroxybenzo[a]pyrene, a phenolic derivative of


 benzo[a]pyrene, has recently been shown to be an exceptionally strong skin


 carcinogen; thus,  the generally held assumption that phenolic metabolites of


 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are "detoxified" metabolites has no universal


 validity.


     An interesting study of the potential carcinogenicity of several phenolic


 and related compounds in two tumor-prone hybrid tobacco plants (Nicotinia


 hybrids) has been conducted by Andersen (95).  Pyrogallol, resorcinol and


 3-hydroxyanthranilic (3-hydroxy-2-aminobenzoic) acid induced tumors in the


 plants at the seedling stage, whereas phenol and catechol were inactive.  On

                                                                              /
 the molar basis, pyrogallol was the most carcinogenic.  Acetylation of the   '


 hydroxyl groups (yielding pyrogallol triacetate) or introduction of a carboxyl


 group to the ring (yielding gallic acid) completely abolishes the carcino-


 genicity of pyrogallol to the plants.  The author suggested that, except for


 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid,  the structural requirement for carcinogenicity


 toward the Nicotiniama hybrids is the presence of at least two hydroxyl grou;:1.


positioned meta to each other.


     5.2.2.5.3.2  SIMPLE (MONOCYCLIC) PHENOLICS.  Close to forty simple


phenolics have been tested  for carcinogenicity.  The major findings of these
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 studies are summarized in Table E according  to  the  type of substituents




 present in the aromatic ring.





     Phenol.  Boutwell and coworkers (94, 96) reported first  that mice




 topically treated with phenol for long periods of time developed skin




 tumors.  The finding was confirmed by Salaman and Glendenning (97).  The




 carcinogenicity of phenol is, however, very weak; an ulcerative concentration




 (20%) of phenol is needed to elicit a weak carcinogenic action (97).  Boutwell




 and Bosch (94) noted that during the first 6 weeks of phenol (10 or 20% solu-




 tion in benzene or dioxane)  treatment many of the mice bore wounds and showed




 reparative hyperplasia.  Most of the skin tumors were papillomas.  In the




 experiments of Van Duuren and Goldschmidt (98), in  the 50 ICR/Ha Swiss mice




 treated topically with 3 mg phenol for 368 days only one mouse developed a




 skin papilloma, so that the compound was not considered carcinogenic by the




 authors.





     Phenol has also been tested in rodents by oral administration.  Unpub-




 lished Food and Drug Administration data (19) indicate that 17/36 rats




 survived over 2 years on a diet containing 0.25, 0.5 or 1.0% phenol.  Histo-




 pathological examination of the 6 rats that survived the highest dose did not




 reveal any significant change.  The U.S. National Cancer Institute (1) has




 completed in 1980 a bioassay testing of phenol.  Groups of 50 F344 rats and 50




 B6C3F,  mice were given drinking water containing 2,500 or 5,000 ppm of the




 compound for 103 weeks.  An increased incidence of leukemia or lymphomas was




detected in male rats (low dose group only); however, it could not be . tab-




lished whether the increased incidence was acutally due to phenol treatment.




 Thus,  it was concluded that, under the conditions of this bioassay, phenol was




not carcinogenic in either species of rodents.
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                                                                      p. 1 of 4
Table E.  Carcinogenic!t7 of Phenol and its Substituted Derivatives
Compound* Species and Strain
Route
Principal
Organ
Affected
Reference
(A) Unsubstituted Phenol
Phenol






(B) Alkyl phenol 3 and
2,4-, 2,5-, 2,6-,
3,4- or 3,5-Xylanol
Butylated hydroxy—
toluene (BHT)






Thymol
^-Phenylphenol

j^-Phenylphenol


Guaiacol
4-Hydroxyanlsole


Butylated hydroxy-
anisole (BHA)





Mouse, albino
Mouse, "3"
Mouse, ICR/Ha
Mouse, B6C3F,
R»t, —

Rat, P344-
Alkoxyphenols
Mouse, albino

Mouse, A/ He
Mouse, BALB/c
Mouse, CF-1

Mouee, B6C3F,
Rat, Wistar
Rat, CD SPP
Pat, P344
Mouse, A/He
Mouse, B6C3ZI
or B6AI7| — •••
Mouse, B6C3P,
or B6AKF,
Mouse, B6C3F*

Mouse, —
Mouse, Swiss
Rabbit, Hew
Zealand
Mouse, C3H/Anf
—
Mouse, A/He
Mouse , CD-I
Rat, —
Dog, —

topical
topical
topical
oral
oral

oral

topical

i.p.
oral
oral

oral
oral
oral
oral
i.p.
, oral or
•^ s.c»
oral
S.C.

implantation
topical
\ topical 	

topical .or
'' s.c*
i.p.
oral
oral
oral

Skin
Skin
None
None
None

None

Skin

Noneb
Lung
Lung

None
None
None0
None
None0
None*

None*
Heaetopoietic
system
None
None
TSunm

None
«
None0
None
None
None (15-mo
study)
(94, 96)
(97)
(98)
(1)
(PDA data, cited in
ref. 19)
(1)

(94)

(99)
(100)
(Brooks et al»,.
cited In ra1T7 101)
(102)
(36)
(103)
(102)
(99)
(104, 105)
.- -^
(104, 105)
(104)

(106)
(107)
(107)

(108)

(99)
(109)
(110)
(111)


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                                                                      p.  2 of 4
Table E.  Carcinogenlcity of. Phenol and its Substituted Derivatives
                            (continued)
Compound* Species and Strain
(B) Alkyl phenols and
Eugenol
X
(C) Chlorophenols
2-Cblorophenol
2,4, 5-Trichlorophenol
2,4, 6-Trichlorophenol
2,3 ,4, 6-Te trachloro-
phenol
Pen tachlorophenol
(D) Nltrophenols and
j^-flydroxyace tanilide
2-Amino-4 , 5-*ylenol
4-Dime thylaolno-
3,5-xylenol
Route
Principal
Organ
Affected
Reference
Alkoxyphenols (cont'd)
Mouse, ICR/Ha,
Mouse, B6C3F1
Rat, F344

Mouse, albino
Mouse, B6C3Fi
or B6AKF1
Mouse, B6C3Fj
Mouse-, BoAKF^
Mouse, B6C3F^
or B6AKFi
Mouse, B6C3F,
Rat, F344
Mouse, B6C3?i
Mous*, B6C3F,
or B6AKF.
Moose, B6Cj7^
Rat, Sprague-
Davley
Aminophenols
Rat, —
Mouse, —
Mouse, B6C3Ft
or B6AKF,
topical
oral
oral

topical
s.c.
oral
oral
s.c.
oral
oral
s.c*
oral
s.c. .
oral

oral
implantation
oral or
s.c.
Hone
Liver
(equivocal)
None

Skin
(papillomas)
Noned
Liver, hema-
to pole tic
system*1
Noned
None*
Liver
Hema topole tic
system
Sema topole tic
system*1
Koned
Uverd
None

Pituitary
gland
Urinary
bladder
Noned
(98)
(3) .
(3)

(94)
(104)
(104, 105)
(104)
(104)
(112)
(112)
(104)
(104, 105)
(104)
(92)

(113.)
(11.)
(104, 105)

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                                                                      p. 3 of 4
Table E»  Carcinogenicity of Phenol and its Substituted Derivatives
                            (continued)
Compound3 Species and Strain
Route
Principal
Organ
Affected
Reference
(D) Nitrophenols and Aninophenols (cont'd)
4-Anino- 2-ni trophenol
2-sec-Butyl-4-, 6—
dini trophenol
House, B6C3F,
Rat, F344
Mbusev B6C3Fr
or B6AKF.
oral
oral
oral or
s. c«
None
Urinary
bladder
Rone4
(114)
(114)
(104, 105)
(E) Hydrobenzaldehydes and Rydroxybenzoic Acids
Vanillin (3-oethoxy-
4-hydroxy benzalde-
hyde)
3-E thoxy-4-hydroxy-
benzaldehyde
Salicylic acid
Methyl aalicylate
Bu tyl-jv-hydroxy-
benzoate
Isobucyl-^-hydroxy-
benzoate
Propyl gallate
(F) Polyhydrie Phenols
Catechol
(pyrocatachol)
Resorcinol
House, A/ He
House,. A/ He
Mouse, —
Mouse, A/ He
Mouse, B6C3FX
or IC2,
R*tf. vazioua
strains
Mouse* B6C3F^
or ICE
Mouse,. A/He
Rac, —

Mouse, —
Mouse, ICH/Ha
Rat, —
Mouse , Swiss
Mouse, ICR/Ha
Rabbit, New
i.p.
i.p.
implantation*
i.p.
oral
oral
oral.
i.p*
oral

implantation®
topical
oral
topical
topical
topical
lfeneb
Noneb
Hone
Moneb
(tone
Hone
None
tbneb
Hone

Nonef
Skin (?)*
Sons
Hone
None
None
(99)
(99)
(106)
(99)
(60)
(60)
(60)
(99)
(19)

(106)
(98)
(FDA data, cited in
ref. 19)
(107, 115)
(98)
(107)
             Zealand

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                                                                                   p. 4 of 4
            Table S.  Carcinogenic!t7 of Phenol and its Substituted Derivatives
                                        (continued)
 Compound*
Specie* and Strain
Route
Principal
 Organ
Affected
Reference
 (P)  Polyhydrie Phenols (contrd)

 Hydroquinone      .     Mouse,  —

                        Mouse,  ICR/Hs
                        Hat, —
                     implan ta tion*  Urinary
                                     bladder
                        topical     None
                         oral
           Kidney (?)'
 Pyrogallol
 (G)  Biaphenola
   Mouse* Swiss
   Mouse, ICB/Ha
   Rabbit^ New
     Zealand
topical    None
topical    None
topical    None
               (106)

               (98)
               (FDA data, cited  in
               ref. 19)

               (107, 115)
               (98)
               (107)
Bisphenol A Mouse, G6C3P,
Rat, P344
HMNPfl^nl AVrtWhamrtSB* NnnsVaV'- S»BTO aimV
Mouse,. 57U
or I7II/G
Mouse, X71I/G
(neonatal)
Mouse » Z7II/G
Mouse-^
(C57xC3H)Ft
Bat,. Sprague-
Oawley
Rat, P344
Rabbit, Sew
Zealand
oral
oral
topical
oral

3.C.

lactations!
transplacen tal

oral

oral
topical

None
None
None
None

None

None
None

None

None
None

(116)
(116)
(107, 115)
(117)

(117)

(117)
(117)

(117)

(102)
(107)
•
 aSeer Tables B and C for structural formulae.

 bPulmonary adenoma assay (24-week study),

 C0no rat developed a aaaoary adenoeareinoma.
—j
 ^Preliminary screening study.
 *Bladder Implantation with cholesterol pellets (25-week study).

 -Erroneously reported Co have a significant carcinogenic effect by an IARC study group.

 S(3ne mouse developed a aquamoua carcinoma.

 Suggestive evidence of increase in Incidence of renal tumors over spontaneous incidence

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      Alkylphenols  and  alkoxyphenols.   This group  includes  a  number  of  commer-
                                        /

 daily  important antioxidants such as  butylated hydroxytoluene  (BHT) and


 butylated  hydroxyanisole  (BHA).   Five  isomers of  xylenol  (dimethylphenol) were


 tested  for carcinogenicity by Boutwell and Bosch  (94).  The  compounds  were


 applied as 10%  solutions  in benzene  to mouse skin twice weekly  for  20  weeks.


 At  the  end of treatment,  skin papillomas were noted in each  group with the


 incidences for  the  5 isomers as follows:  3,5- (55%) _>  2,4-  (50%) > 2,4-  (31%)


 >_ 2,5-  (24%) >  2,6- (8%).  Skin carcinomas appeared at 28  weeks with inci-


 dences:  14% for 3,4-  and for 3,5-;  12% for 2,4-;  8% for  2,5-;  and  0%  for  the


 2,6-isoiaer.



      The potential  carcinogenicity of  butylated hydroxytoluene  (BHT) was  the


 subject of intensive investigations because of its wide use  as  a food  addi-


 tive.   Deichmann _e_t _al^ (36) were probably the first to report  the  lack of


 carcinogenicity of BHT in the rat.   Groups of 15  rats of each sex administered


 0.2,  0.5,  0.8 or 1.0%  BHT in the  diet  for 24 months showed no signs of patho-


 logical  changes.  Ulland  e£ ^1_. (103)  studied the  effect of  BHT on  carcino-


 genesis  induced by a number of known carcinogens  in Charles  River CD SPF


 rats.   In  the control  group given BHT  (6,600 ppm  in diet)  alone, none  of 10


 male  rats  developed tumors after  37 weeks but one  of 10 female  rats developed


 a mammary  adenocarcinoma  during 44 weeks of the study.  The  authors considered


 BHT noncarcinogenic because of the high spontaneous mammary  tumor incidence in


 female rats of  this strain.  The  lack  of carcinogenicity of  BHT in  the rat has


been  further confirmed in a NCI bioassay study (102).  No  tum^*"" occurred in


F344 rats  exposed to diets containing  either 3,000 or 6,000  ppm BHT for 105


weeks.



     There appears  to be  some evidence that BHT may have some carcinogenic


activity in certain strains of mice.   Clapp ££ £l/ (100) reported that BALB/c




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mice given diets containing 0.75% BHT for 16 months had significantly higher

incidence (63.6%) of lung tumors (mainly papillary adenomas)  than  that (24%)

in controls.  This finding was supported by Brooks _e_t _al_- (cited in ref. 101)

who observed a significnat, dose-dependent increase in lung tumors in CF-1

mice fed BHT for 100 weeks.  The incidences were 53.2%, 73.8% and  75% for mice

fed 1,000, 2,500 and 5,000 ppci, .respectively, compared to 46.8% for controls.

     In contrast to the above studies, a 1978 NCI bioassay (102) failed  to

show a significant carcinogenic effect of BHT in B6C3Fi mice maintained on

diets containing either 3,000 or 6,000 ppm for 107: or 108 weeks.   Stoner et

al. (99) found BHT inactive in pulmonary adenoma assay in strain A/He mice

receiving a. total dose of as much as 6 g/kg BHT intraperitoneally  in a 24-week

period.

     Like BHT, butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) has received great attention

because of its extensive use as an antioxidant food stabilizer.  Wilder and

Kraybill (110) were probably the first to report a chronic toxicity study of

BHA in the rat.  Groups of 15 or more newly weaned rats were maintained on

diets containing 0.05, 0.5, 1.0 or 2.0% BHA for 21-22 months.  No  significant

histopathological changes attributable to BHA were observed.  In at least 3

strains of mice, BHA was also consistently noncarcinogenic by several

routes.  In the study of Hodge et al. (108), groups of 100 strain  C3H/Anf mice

(50 of each sex) were either given single subcutaneous injections  (10

mg/mouse) or weekly skin applications (0.1 mg) of BHA; no evidence of tumors

was noted up to 519 days.  Brown (109) showed that BHA '.  d no carcinogenic

effects in two strains (CD-I and C3H) of mice; in fact, high levels (0.5%) of

BHA appeared to decrease slightly the "spontaneous" incidence of liver tumors

in C3H mice.  Moreover, S toner £t_ ai_. (99) found BHA inactive in pulmonary

adenoma assay using A/He mice.  A 15-month study in dogs also produced no

evidence for the carcinogenicity of BHA (111).
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      Eugenol,  a widely used food  additive  for flavor and  fragrance,  has been




 tested  in a U.S. Rational Toxicology Program carcinogenesis bioassay at two




 dose  levels.   A preliminary report of  the  study  (3) showed  that  the  compound




 significantly  increased  the incidence of hepatocellular adenomas or  carcinomas




 in  B6C3F, mice of  the low-dose group but not  the high-dose  group;  the  results




 were  judged to be equivocal.  In  F344 rats eugenol was clearly not carcino-




 genic.  Also,  a preliminary study (Swanson, Miller and Miller, unpublished




 data  cited in  ref. 61)'in preweaning mice  failed to provide evidence for




 carcinogenici ty.





      Of the other phenolics in Group (B) of Table E, thymol (99), o-phenyl-




 phenol  (104, 105), guaiacol (106) and 4-hydroxyanisole (107) are all noncar-




 cinogenic in various screening studies.  Only jj-phenylphenol increased the




 incidence of reticulum cell sarcomas in male B6C3F. mice  after a single sub-




 cutaneous administration of 1 g/kg; however, it was inactive by oral adminis-




 tration (104,  105).





      Chlorophenols.  Several chlorinated derivatives of phenol are carcino-




 genic (Group (C) in Table E).  Repeated skin application  of a 20% solution of




 2-chlorophenol (in dioxane) produced skin  papilloiaas in 46% of albino  mice




 with  an average of 0.64 papilloma/mouse after 12 weeks.   For comparison, a 20%




 solution of phenol led to skin papillomas  in 63% of the animals with an




 average of 0.94 papilloma/mouse (94).  A preliminary screening study in 1968




 of four higher chlorophenols in B6C3F,  and B6AKF, mice under various condi-




 tions of administration (104, 105) gave the following results.  2,4,5-Tri-




 chlorophenol was inactive after a single subcutaneous injection of 1 g/kg.




 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol caused an increase in the incidence of hepatomas and




reticulum cell sarcomas in B6C3F, mice receiving a diet containing 260 ppm of




 the  compound.   2,3,4,6-Tetrachlorophenol appeared to increase the incidence of






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 reticulun cell  sarcoma  in male  B6C3F1 nice  that  received  a single  subcutaneous

 dose  of  100 mg/kg.   Pentachlorophenol  (Dowcide-7) was  inactive by  oral
                  v
 administration;  however, a  single  subcutaneous administration of  46.4 tag/kg

 enhanced the  incidence  of hepatomas  in male  B6C3F, mice.   Pentachlorophenol

 was also inactive in Sprague-Dawley  rats  fed the technical grade  compound at

 daily dose levels of 1, 3,  10 and  30 mg/kg body  weight for 22-24 months  (92).


      The carcinbgenicity of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol has  been confirmed in  1979

 in a  NCI bioassay study (112).   Significant  increases  in  liver  tumors were

 found in B6C3F1  mice of both sexes fed diets containing 5,000 and  10,000 ppm

 (for  males) and  5,214 and 10,428 ppm (for females) of  the compound, for  105

 weeks.   The incidences  of hepatocellular  carcinomas  or adenomas were 4/20

 (control), 32/49 (low dose), 39/47 (high  dose) for males  and  1/20  (control),

 12/50 (low dose), 24/48 (high dose)  for females.  2,4,6-Trichlorophenol  (5,000

 or 10,000 ppm in diets  for  107  or  108 weeks) was also  carcinogenic in male

 F344  rats inducing lymphoraas or leukemias (control 4/20,  low  dose  25/50, high

 dose  29/50).


      Nitrophenols and aminophenols.  As previously discussed  in Section

 5.1.2.1  (Vol. IIB, p. 6), certain  derivatives of aminophenols (e.g.,

^-hydroxyacetanilide, 2-amino-4,5-xylenol) are carcinogenic (see  Group (B) of

 Table E).  It does not  appear,  however, that the phenolic hydroxyl group per

 se is a  structural requirement  for carcinogenicity.  For  example,  whereas

_p_-ethoxyacetanilide  (phenacetin) is  active (see  Vol. IIB,  p.  6), _p_-hydroxy-

 acetanilide (acetaminophen)  appears  to be inactive.  A preliminary NCI

 carcinogenesis screening study  included two  amino/nitrophenols (4-dimethyl-

 amino-3,5-xylenol and 2-sec-butyl-4,6-dinitrophenol);  both compounds did not

display any carcinogenic activity.   The NCI  has  recently  conducted a bioassay

of 4-aniino-2-nitrophenol (1,250 or 2,500  ppm in  diet for  103  weeks) in F344


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rats and B6C3F, mice (114).  The compound was inactive in nice but carcino-




genic in male (and possibly also in female) rats inducing transitional-cell




carcinomas of the"urinary bladder.  It is well documented that many disubsti-




tuted aminq/nitrobenzenes are carcinogenic/inutagenic (e.g., 74, 75).  2-Amino-




4-nitrophenol and 2-anino-5-nitrophenol are currently being tested by NCI/NTP




and a Japanese team (60) is re-evaluating the possible carcinogenic potential




of acetaminophen.





     Hydroxybenzaldehydes and hydroxybenzoic acids.  None of  the compounds in




Group (E) of Table E appears to be carcinogenic; however, the results on




vanillin, 3-ethoxy-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde, methyl salicyclate  and salicyclic




acid cannot be considered conclusive because of the preliminary nature of  the




studies (pulmonary adenoma assay or bladder implantation).  Butyl and isobutyl




_p_-hydroxybenzoates (60) and propyl gallate (rev. in ref. 19)  have been tested




in long-term studies up to dietary levels of 0.6%, 1.2% and 5%, respectively;




no evidence of carcinogenicity was found.





     Polyhydric phenols.  Chemical structural considerations  (Section




5.2.2.5.2.1), mutagenicity data (Section 5.2.2.5.2.2) and carcinogenicity




studies in plants (Section 5.2.2.5.3.1) suggest that this group of compounds




may be more hazardous than hitherto assumed:  only limited carcinogenicity




data (Group (F) of Table E) are available at the time of this writing.




Catechol was inactive in bladder implantation study (106), induced only 1 skin




carcinoma among 50 mice after repeated topical applications for 368 days (98),




and apparently did not induce any tumor in a chronic feeding  study up to a




dietary level of 1% (cited in ref. 19).





     Resorcinol and pyrogallol have only been tested by topical route.  Both




were inactive in Swiss mice (107, 115), ICR/Ha Swiss mice (98) and New Zealand
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 rabbits  (107).   Several  hair-dye  formulations, which contain resorcinol




 (0.4%),  were also noncarcinogenic in mice after weekly or biweekly  topical




 applications for 18 months  (118).





      Hydroquinone is inactive as  a complete skin carcinogen in  ICR/Ha  Swiss




 mice  (98), but active as a  skin tumor initiator in mice (with croton oil as




 proaotor)  (119).  In the bladder  implantation  assay, hydroquinone signifi-




 cantly increased the incidence of bladder tumors in mice (106).  It cannot be




 ascertained, however, whether the above effect was due to the complete car-




 cinogenic! ty or  tumor-promoting activity of hydroquinone.  Chronic oral




 toxicity study of hydroquinone by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (cited




 in ref.  19) indicates increase in incidence of chronic gastrointestinal




 ulceration and kidney tumors over spontaneous  incidence.  A variety of poly-




 hydric phenols (hexylresorcinol, hydroquinone, propyl gallate and resorcinol)




 are being  tested or have been selected for carcinogenesis bioassay in  the U.S.




 Naitonal Toxicology Program at the time of this writing.





      Bisphenols.  Two bisphenols have been tested for carcinogenic!ty  (Group




 (G) of Table E).  Bisphenol A (4,4'-isopropylidenediphenol), a  widely used




 intermediate in  the manufacture of phenolic resins, displays no convincing




 evidence of carcinogenicity in F344 rats and B6C3F, mice at dose levels of




 1,000 or 2,000 ppm for rats of either sex, 1,000 or 5,000 ppm for male mice,




 and 5,000 or 10,000 ppm for female mice (116).  Only a marginally significant




 increase in the  incidence of leukemias in male rats and in the  combined inci-




dence of lymphomas and leukemias in mice have been noted, which may be




construed as representing borderline activity  toward the hematopoietic




system.   Hexachlorophene (2,2'-methylene-bis-3,4,6-trichlorophenol), a




commonly used antibacterial agent (prior to 1972), was found noncarcinogenic




in several  bioassays (102,  107,  117).






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      5.2.2.5.3.3  POLYNUCLEAR PHENOLICS.  Few polynuclear phenolics have been

 tested for carcinogenicity probably because of the pervasive belief that
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 phenolic derivatives are "detoxified" metabolites of aromatic amines and

 hydrocarbons.  Although  2-amino-l-naphthol was, at one time, considered to be

 the proximate carcinogen of 2-naphthylamine, subsequent studies did not

 substantiate this view (Section '5.1.4.2.1 in Vol. IIB) and it is now generally

 accepted that N-hydroxylation is  the common activating mechanism for virtually

 all aromatic amines.


      The carcinogenic potential of anthralin (dithranol, 1,8,9-trihydroxy-

 anthracene, or l,8-dihydroxy-9-anthrone) has been explored because of its use

 for the  treatment of psoriasis and chronic dermatoses (120, 121).  Anthralin

 was consistently found to be a tumor-promo tor (see Section 5.2.2.5.3.4); it

 appears  to have no complete carcinogenic activity or is at most marginally


 carcinogenic in a few strains of mice (18, 98, 122).  The only evidence for

 the complete carcinogenicity of anthralin was obtained by Yasuhira (123,

 124).  Topical applications of anthralin (0.033 or 0.1% solution in acetone)

 alone to two groups of young ICR mice led to the induction of malignant

 lymphomas in 6/40 (15%) and 4/20  (20%) of the animals.  No tumors were noted

 in groups given urethan alone, croton oil alone or urethan + croton oil.  In

 two groups of ICR mice given urethan + anthralin, the incidence of lymphomas

was 21/40 (52%) and 7/20 (35%) indicating strong synergism between anthralin

and urethan or enhancement of the carcinogenic effect of anthralin by urethan.


     As mentioned above,  phenolic derivatives of aromatic Ivyurocarbons were

generally regarded to be  "detoxified" metabolites.  However, a 1977 study by

Wislocki _e£ ^1_« (125) showed that, among the 12 possible isoraeric phenols

derived from benzo[ajpyrene,  2-hydroxybenzo[a]pyrene (2-OH-BP) is a strong

carcinogen comparable in  potency  to that of benzo[a]pyrene.  Topical applica-



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 tion of 0.4 umoles of 2-OH-BP to the skin of C57BL/6J mice once every 2 weeks


 led to induction of squamous cell carcinomas in 100% of the animals after 53


 weeks of treatment.  Tested under similar conditions, 11-OH-BP was a much


 weaker carcinogen, inducing skin tumors in only 14% of the mice; all the other


 10 isomers were inactive (125, 126).  It is interesting to note that applica-


 tion of 2-OH-BP or 9-OH-BP was followed by marked epidermal hyperplasia


 resembling that caused by typical tumor promo tors; the other 10 isomers were


 either less active or completely inactive in inducing hyperplasia (127).  It


 is possible that the strong carcinogenicity of 2-OH-BP is due in part to its


 strong promotor-like activity and that 9-OH-BP probably lacks tumor-initiating


 activity and is, therefore, not a complete carcinogen.  Following a simple


 assumption, the exceptional carcinogenicity of 2-OH-BP could be due to the


 fact that hydroxyl groups in the 2- and 11-positions of trans-9,10-
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 modifiers of chemical carcinogenesis will be covered in Section 6,  Vol.  IV;  a

 bird's eye view of some key studies and structure-activity relationships is

 presented here.


      Phenolics as promo tors.  It is well documented that phenolics  are tuiaori-

 genesis promoters.  Boutwell and Bosch (94,  128)  tested the promoting activity

 of over forty simple phenols using 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene as the

 initiator.  Phenol itself  is a relatively weak promo tor.  Following initia-

 tion, twice weekly applications with 2.5 mg phenol elicited approximately the

 same promoting action as 0.125 mg croton oil.   Structure-activity studies

 indicate that a free phenolic hydroxyl is required for promoting activity,

 since both the methyl ether of phenol (anisole) and acyl derivative (phenyl-

 acetate) are inactive.  Ring substiution with halogen atom(s) or methyl

 group(s) yield compounds with comparable activity except that most  highly

 substituted compounds (e.g., pentachloro-, 2,4,6-trichloro- and 2,3,5-tri-

 methylphenol) are inactive.  Replacement of  a methyl group by a higher alkyl

 group tends to reduce activity.  Among polyhydric phenols, catechol, hydro-

 quinone and pyrogallol are inactive while the data on resorcinol are equi-

 vocal.  Phenols substituted with electronegative  substituents, such as -N02»

 -CHO, -COOH,  are inactive.  Monohydric naphthols  (1- or 2-naphthol) are  only

 slightly active; introduction of a second phenolic hydroxyl, as in  the 1,5-,

 2,6-, 1,7- or 2,7-naphthols abolishes activity.  Anthralin (1,8,9-trihydroxy-

 anthracene or 1,8-dihydroxy-9-anthrone) has  been  consistently found to be a

 skin tumor promoter (see Section 5.2.2.5.3.3).  Structure-activity  studies by

 Van Duuren and associates  (rev, in ref. 129) showed that the intactness  of 1-,

 8-,  and 9-substituents as  well as the central  ring was needed for promoting

 activity.   Esterificatibn  of the 1- and 8-positions, opening of the central
•-.
 ring or introduction of  an additional hydroxyl group to the 10-position  all
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resulted in the loss of activity.  Among the twelve phenolic isoners of

benzo[a]pyrene, only 2— and 9-hydroxy derivatives display strong "promotor-

like activity" (inducing epidermal hyperplasia); all the other isomers are

either weak or inactive in this regard (127).

     Phenolics as cocarcinogens.*  Van Duuren and Goldschmidt (98) have tested

the cocarcinogenic activity of .several phenolics in an attempt to evaluate

their role in  tobacco carcinogenesis.  When administered together with

benzo[a]pyrene (BP), catechol and pyrogallol enhanced the carcinogenicity of

BP remarkably.  In contrast, phenol, eugenol, resorcinol and hydroquinone

partially inhibited the carcinogenicity of BP.  The authors suggested that

vicinal phenolic functions may be a structural requirement of simple phenolics

as cocarcinogens.  Interestingly, both catechol and pyrogallol are inactive as

promoters in the typical two-stage carcinogenesis assay, suggesting that the

mechanism of cocarcinogenesis differs from the mechanism of promoter action.

The potent cocarcinogenicity of catechol is supported by a recent study of

Hecht et al. (130)  showing catechol as a major component of several smoke

condensate sub fractions that display cocarcinogenic activity.

     Phenolics as tumor inhibitors.  The fact that a number of phenolic anti-

oxidants (e.g., BHA, BHT)  inhibit the carcinogenic effects of some carcinogens

created an intense  interest toward the search among the phenolics for possible

chemoprophylactic agents against chemical carcinogenesis.  Wattenberg and

associates (131a, 131b) have made significant contributions in this area.

Structure-activity  studies on twenty-'-'o phenolics using benzo[a]pyrene as the
*A "cocarcinogen" is defined as an agent that enhances the potency of a
 carcinogen when administered simultaneously and repeatedly with that carcino-
 gen.  A cocarcinogen is not carcinogenic by itself.  Cocarcinogens are not
 necessarily tumor-promotors and vice versa.
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 carcinogen  and  the  forestomach  as  the  carcinogenic!ty  target  tissue  showed




 that:   (a)  substitution  in  position  para  to  the OH group of  the  unsubstituted




 phenol  increases"the  inhibitory activity  in  this  order:  OCH-j  >  SCH-j >  H,  (b)




 among BHA-related compounds,  the' position of  the jt-butyl group with  respect  to




 the  OH  is of  considerable importance;  the most active  inhibitor  is  3-_t_-butyl-




 4-hydroxyanisole, (c)  three or  more  substitutions on  the phenol  ring render




 the  molecule  inactive  as an inhibitor,  (d) phenols with intercyclic  bond(s)




 are  generally inactive;  The  mechanism  of inhibitory action of phenolics is




 not  clearly understood;  reduction  of activating pathways (132) as well  as




 direct  (free  radical  trapping)  or  indirect (induction  of "protective" enzymes




 such as GSH S-transferase,  NADPH-quinone  reductase) enhancement  of  detoxifying




 pathways (133-135)  have  been  suggested  as possible mechanisms.









     5.2.2.5.4  Metabolism  and  Mechanism  of Action.
     Phenol readily penetrates  the mammalian body  through virtually any




route.  After absorption, most  of  the  phenol is  either  oxidized  to  C02 and




water (and  traces of catechol and hydroquinone)  or excreted  as  "free"  or




"conjugated" (with sulfuric, glucuronic  or  other acids)  phenol  in the  urine.




It is well documented  that phenol is a major metabolite  of benzene  (see




Appendix  I of this volume).  Greenlee _e_t _al_. (136) proposed  that the toxic




effects of benzene may be associated with  the further metabolism of phenol  to




hydroquinone and 1,2,4-benzenetriol (via catechol) which may then be readily




oxidized  to highly reactive semiquinone  and/or quinone metabolites  and bind




covalently  to cellular macromolecules.   This view  is substantiated  by  the




finding of Tunek £_t al_. (137) that upon  micfosomal activation,  phenol  binds




covalently  to microsomal proteins much more efficiently  than benzene itself.




It is interesting to point out, however, that phenol does not seem  to  bind  to




microsomal RNA to any significant extent.

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      The aajor metabolic pathway  of  BHT  (see  Figure 1)  involves  the  oxidation




 of  the methyl group  to yield  2,6-di-£-butyl-4-hydromethylphenol  (II),  3,5-di-


                 ».

_t-butyl-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde  (III)  and  3,5-di-_£-butyl-4-hydroxybenzoic  acid




 (IV);  this' pathway is generally believed  to be "detoxifying"  in  nature




 (138).  Small amounts of 1,2-bis-( 3,5-di-_t-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl) ethane  (V)




 and its corresponding quinone, 3> 5,3' ,5'-tetra-_£-butyls tilbene-4,4'-quinone




 (VI)  were also detected (see 139  and  refs.  therein) suggesting possible




 coupling reaction of BHT free  radicals.   Shaw and Chen  (139)  identified
                      *



 4-hydroxy-4-methyl-2,6-di-£-butylcyclo-2,5-hexadienone  (VIII) and an in  vitro




metabolite of BHT and proposed the formation  of  the corresponding 4-hydroper-




oxy compound (VII) as an intermediate.   Recently, Takahashi and  Hiraga (140)




found  that BHT may be oxidized in vivo to a _p_-quinone methide, 2,6-di-£-butyl-




 4-methylene-2,5-cyclohexadienone  (IX); quinone methides of similar structures




are known to be potent alkylating agents  (141).  The free radical, the




4-hydroperoxy and the quinone nethide derivatives of BHT are  all electrophilic




reactive intermediates capable of attacking nucleophilic sites in cellular




macromolecules.  Indeed, covalent binding of  BHT to lung, liver  and  kidney




microsomes has been demonstrated  (139, 142, 143).  There is some evidence that




the covalent binding may be related  to its pulmonary toxicity in mice  (143);




it remains to be elucidated whether  the binding is related to the possible




carcinogenicity of BHT seen in some strains of mice.





     The presence of the allylic side chain in eugenol suggests  that is  may be




metabolically activated by epoxidation.   Swans on je_tjil_. (61)  showed  tha.t the




2',3'-oxide of eugenol is a direct-acting mutagen in the Ames test while




eugenol itself is not.  Evidence  that the epoxidation of allylic side chain




does indeed occur in vivo has been obtained by Solheim and Scheline  (144)




using  methyl ether derivatives of eugenol.
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HO—(\   />-CH2OH

    R
                                        HO
                                                               COOH
                                    f
                             HI
                                                           321
  OH
   CH3
  (I)
   \
   0
H°~V/"CH2"°H:   M-:
    R                 'R          R
            i
             0
R          R                 R
     —- o=(   VCH=CH-/   ")=o
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Fig. 1. Metabolic Pathways  of  Butylated Hydroxytoluene  (BUT).

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     A comparison of in vivo  covalent binding  of bromobenzene  and  its  metabo-




lite, p-broniophenol, has recently been  conducted by Monks £_t^£l_«  (145).




p-Bromophenol binds significantly  to liver  proteins and  to  a lesser extent to




kidney proteins.  However,  the level of binding of _p-broniophenol  is substan-




tially lower  than that of bromobenzene.   This  led  the  authors  to  conclude  that




the  toxicity of bromobenzene  is'unrelated  to  the metabolism of _p_-bromophenol.





     Extensive investigation  on  the bio transformation  of  pentachlorophenol




(PCP) have been carried out (rev, in ref. 14).  Human  and animal  studies




indicate  that PCP is excreted mainly in  the urine, as  such  or  as  its




glucuronide (146).  The principal metabolites  are  tetrachloro-jv-hydroquinone




(146, 147).  Tetrachloro-p-hydroquinone is  also the major urinary  metabolite




(35%) of  2,3,5,6-tetrachlorophenol in the rat.  The other two  tetrachloro-




phenol isoraers ('2,3,4,5- and  2,3,4,6-)  are  excreted mainly  unchanged together




with small amounts of tetrachloro-£-hydroquinone (39).  The toxicological




consequence of bio transformation of chlorophenols  to chloroquinones is not




clearly understood.   By analogy  to phenol and  hydroquinone,  such bio transfor-




mation may represent bioactivation.





     Little information is available on the metabolic  activation  of amino-




phenols.   It is interesting to point out  that  aminophenols  have properties




similar to polyhydric phenols; for example, _p_-aminophenol may  be  oxidized  to




quinonimine.  In analogy to the oxidation of hydroquinone to quinone,  it is
                                [ text figure 5j
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NH2
      -e02H®
OH
:NH
                                :NH
                              NH
                      -ev
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 conceivable  that seiniquinone-type of reactive intermediate may also be formed




 by one-electron oxidation of aminophenols with amino group para or ortho to




 the hydroxyl group.





     The above brief summary serves  to illustrate that electrophilic reactive




 intermediates (free radicals, epoxides, peroxides, semiquinone, quinone




 methides) may be generated from phenolics.  It remains to be elucidated




 whether these intermediates represent potential proximate carcinogens.  A




 systematic structure-activity relationship analysis of the effect of substi-




 tuents on the stability (stable enough to reach targets) and reactivity




 (active enough to react with targets) of these intermediates may help to




 identify compounds with high carcinogenic potential.  It is important to point




 out that despite demonstration of covalent binding of phenolics to proteins,




 clear evidence of covalent binding to DNA or RNA is still lacking.  However,




 Ts'o_e_t£l_. (148) have pointed out that reactions of free radicals with DNA




 may not necessarily lead to covalent carcinogen-DNA adducts, but to other




 types of damage such as strand scission and cross-linking.  In this respect,




 it should be noted that a number of phenolics have been shown to cause chromo-




 some damage through the activated oxygen species (*OH, *0o> ^9^2^ generated




 during the metabolism.   Besides the above genotoxic mechanisms, phenolics may




 also conceivably promote or initiate carcinogenesis by epigenetic




mechanisms.   Thus,  the  well known effects of some phenolics as protein-




denaturants  or inhibitors of energy metabolism may be related to carcino-




genesio L/y high doses of phenolics.   Two recent findings, induction of




endogenous tumor virus  gene expression by hexachlorophene (149) and suppres-




sion of immune response by technical grade (but not pure) pentachlorophenol




 (150)  are  suggestive of possible mechanisms of carcinogenesis.
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      5.2.2.5.5  Environmental Significance.



      Phenolics are ubiquitously present in the environment.  Human exposure


 may occur via inhalation, ingestion or skin absorption of the phenolics then-


 selves or of aronatic compounds which may be hydroxylated in the body to yield


 phenolic metabolites.  The environmental occurrence of and exposure to


 phenolics have been extensively reviewed (9-15, 21, 23,  151).



      Phenolics in air and tobacco smoke.  Pentachlorophenol (PGP) has been
                       «
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 detected in the air (average 0.26-1.89 ug/ra ,  max.  15 ug/m ) of a wood treat-


 ment plant in Idaho (152).  The occurrence of  PGP appears not to be limited to


 occupational setting.  Cautreals £££!_• (153)  reported that air samples


 collected in a residential city area of Antwerp,  Belgium contained 5.7-7.8

     o                                                              -
 ng/m  PGP.  For comparison,  air samples collected from a relatively remote


 area in Bolivia, South America contained only  0.25-0.93 ng/m .   In addition to


 PGP, phenol and cresols  have also been detected as  pollutants in urban air


 (154).   Lao^_t_al^ (155) reported the presence of 4-nitrophenol in an urban


 air sample.  Nojima^£^l_. (156) detected the  formation of nitrophenols and


 nitrocresols after photochemical reaction of nitrogen monoxide with benzene


 and toluene.  It seems likely that humans may  be  exposed to nitrophenols in


 areas where severe photochemical smog exists.



      Tobacco smoke contains  a variety of phenolics.  Catechol,  the most abun-


 dant phenolic in cigarette smoke, is believed  to  be formed during the incom-


 plete combustion of tobacco  flavonoids such as rutin,  quercetin and chloro-


 genic acid (157).   Hoffmann  and Wynder (154) reported  that the  mainstream


 smoke of  a 85  mm filterless  popular U.S.  cigarette  contained an average of 300


^ig  catechol,  100 jag phenol,  72 ug cresols and  20  ug 2,4/2,5-dimethylphenol.


 Schlotzhauer  et al.  (158)  identified catechol,  resorcinol,  hydroquinone and
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 their alkyl-substituted derivatives, vanillin and its derivatives, dimethoxy-




 phenols, phenylphenols and naphthols in an acidic fraction of cigarette smoke




 condensate.  These phenolics (especially dihydroxyphenols) are believed to




 contribute to  the carcinogenic effects of cigarette smoke by acting as




 promoters or cocarcinogens (98, 130, 154).





     Phenolics in drinking water.  A number of phenolics have been detected in




 the finished drinking water (FDW) of several cities.  Buhler _e_t _al_. (159)




 reported the occurrence of PGP (0.06 ppb) and hexachlorophene (0.01 ppb) in




 FDW of Corvallis, Oregon; analysis of incoming raw river water sample showed




 the presence of 0.17 ppb PGP and 0.03 ppb hexachlorophene.  Phenolics were




 suspected to be present in FDW of Ames, Iowa because of its taste and odor;




 however, an analysis by Burnhain _e^£l.« (160) did not substantiate this view.




 [This study was incorrectly cited to show a positive finding of 0.2 ppm




 4-nitrophenol in an EPA Water Quality Criteria Document (13)]. ^Deinzer et al.




 (161) detected 2,4,6-trichlorophenol in FDW of Cincinnati, Ohio.  Shackelford




 and Keith (162) listed hexachlorophene as being present in two samples of




 FDW.  During an accidental spillage of phenol in July of 1974, a massive




 contamination of well water in a rural area of southern Wisconsin occurred




 (163).  An outbreak of human poisoning ensued.  Analyses of a™well~"iiearest the




 spill site revealed peak phenol concentrations between 15 and 126 mg/1.  The




 forecast is that the contamination of the well water in the area will persist




 for years.   Numerous other phenolics have been detected in plant effluents,




 pulp and paper mill effluents,  agricultural run-off, etc; these phenolics




 could be present in FDW if these effluents contaminated the raw water sources.





     Phenolics in foodstuffs.  A variety of phenolics are present in food-




stuffs due  to natural occurrence, intentional use as food additive, or inad-




vertent contamination.  Fruits, vegetables (164-167), and beverages such as






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 coffee  (168) and  tea (167, 169) are relatively rich in phenolics of natural




 origin.  Kaiser (169) identified phenol, cresols and dimethylphenols in black




 fermented  tea; he further showed that brewed  tea may promote  the skin carcino-




 genic activity of benzo[a]pyrene.  Many phenolics are widely  used as food




 additives.  The most notable among these are butylated hydroxy toluene (BHT),




 butylated  hydroxyanisole (BHA) and propyl gallate (PG).  These compounds are




 used as antioxidants to prevent the rancidity of foods which  contain fats, by




 terminating chain reactions involving free radicals responsible for the oxida-




 tive degradation of unsaturated fats.  The estimated annual consumption in the




 United  States is 1,400, 450 and 230 metric tons for BHT, BHA  and PG, respec-




 tively.  In 1974, the Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations (27)




 temporarily adopted an ADI (acceptable daily intake) of 0-0.5 mg/kg body




 weight for BHA, BHT, or BHA and BHT combined, and 0-0.2 tag/kg body weight for




 PG and related gallates.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (101) proposed




 to restrict the use of BHT in 1977 due to its possible carcinognicity in some




 strains of mice.  Other important food additives are eugenol  and vanillin,




 used to enhance food flavor and fragrance.  The average maximum use levels of




 eugenol in beverages, ice cream, gelatins and chewing gums range from 1.4 to




 500 ppm with levels as high as 2,000 ppra used in processed meat products
(170).  Inadvertent contamination of foodstuffs may occur as a result of




direct contamination or degradation of pesticides.  For example, Murray et al.




(171) detected PCP levels of 2.4-8.3 ng/g (average 5.3 ng/g) in oysters from




Calves ton Bay, Texas.  Johnson and Manske (172) found PCP in 13/240 food




samples collected in 20 U.S. cities; the concentration ranged from 0.01 to




0.04 mg/kg.  Phenolics that have been detected in food as a result of degrada-




tion of pesticide residues include PCP, 2,4,5-/2,4,6-trichlorophenol (from




hexachlorobenzene),  2,4-dichlorophenol (from 2,4-D, 2,4,5-T, Silvex or
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 Neraacide)  and  mononitrophenols  (from parathion,  fluoridifen or  nitrofen).

 Smoked  meat products  also  contain  phenolics  probably  due  to their  formation
                  v.
 during  incomplete combustion of  hardwood  sawdust used to  generate  the  smoke

 (173).


      Phenolics as drugs  or in toiletry  products.   Phenolics which  have been

 widely  used as drugs  are salicylates and  acetaminophen  (as  analgesics  and

 antipyretics),  anthralin (for treatment of psoriasis  and  chronic dermatoses),

 thymol  (as  anthelmintic  or antiseptic)  and phenol  (antiseptic,  analgesic for

 terminally  ill cancer patients), etc.  Hexachlorophene  was  used as a surgical

 scrubbing agent,  in bathing newborns to prevent  skin  infection  and in  many

 toiletry products until  1972 when  discovery  of neurotoxicity in infants led  to

 the  restriction of its use in the  United  States  (174).  Phenolics  such as

 4-ainino-2-ni trophenol, resorcinol,  hydroquinone,  pyrogallol,  1-naphthol,

 4-hydroxyanisole  are  present in  cosmetics and  toiletry  products, such  as hair

 dyes, depigmentation  agents,  soap  and perfumes (57, 107).


      The magnitude of carcinogenic!ty risk of human exposure  to phenolics is

 relatively  unknown.   No  cancer epidemiology  study  for specific  phenolics has

 thus  far been  conducted.   There  is  some evidence  that humans  exposed to

 chlorophenoxy  type herbicides (which contain chlorophenols)  may incur  an

 increased risk  for malignant lymphoma (175-177); however, it is not known

 whether the increased risk can acutally be attributed to  chlorophenols. One

 physician (178) noted an unusual coincidence of  the induction of bladder

 cancer in two patients who  were  occupationally exposed  to cresol and creosote;

 thus far, no similar  cases  has been  reported.  Phenolics are  present in hair

 dyeing chemicals, which are  suspected to be  potentially hazardous  to exposed

 women (68).  As pointed out  in Section  5.2.2.5.3,  a variety  of  phenolics are

being tested for  carcinogenicity at  the time of  this  writing.


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Notes Added After Completion of Section 5.2.2.5





     Close to 40 phenolic compounds have been tested for mutagenicity using




the Ames Salmonella test in recent studies carried out for the U.S. National




Toxicology Program (1-4).  Among these, only ^-aminophenol (1), jn-aminophenol




(3), and 2,4-diaminophenol (1) were reported to give positive results.  The




positive findings with ^v-aminophenol and m-aminophenol are at variance with




the results of a number of previous studies (5, 6; see also Table LX) indicat-




ing the lack of mutagenicity of all three isomeric forms of aminophenol in the




Ames test.  ^-Phenylphenol was listed as positive in one publication (1) but




the accompanying data provide no support for the conclusion; the compound was




listed as a nonmutagen in a more recent publication (3).  Most of the 33




compounds that yielded negative data and two that gave equivocal results have




been previously shown to be nonmutagenic (see Table LX).  Negative compounds




which do not appear to have been previously tested include hydroquinone mono-




methyl ether (1), ^-benzyl-jv-chlorophenol, o-sec-butylphenol, tetrabromobis-




phenol A (2), p-tert-pentylphenol  (3), and propyl gallate (4).  Sodium




jv-phenylphenate (the sodium salt of ^j-phenylphenol), a bladder carcinogen, is




not mutagenic in the Ames test (7).  Several phenolic compounds exhibit co-




mutagenic activity.  In the presence of sufficient amount of S9 mix, catechol




substantially enhances the mutagenic activity of benzo[a]pyrene and of




4-nitroquinoline-l-oxide toward Salmonella typhimurium (8).  Similarly,




butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) and, to a




lesser extent, propyl gallate increases the mutagenicity of aflatoxin Bj




(9).  The mechanism of the enhancement is not known.  A number of phenolic




compounds enhance the mutagenicity of other compounds by inducing their acti-




vating enzymes.  Pretreatment of mice with 2(3)-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyanisole




results in a 5-fold increase in the ability of liver microsomes to activate

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aflatoxin Bi to a mutagen (10) whereas 2,3,4,5-tetrachlorophenol enhances the




ability of rat liver microsomes to activate benzo[a]pyrene (11).





     Among phenolic compounds tested for teratogenic activity, ^v-phenylphenol




(12), 2,4-dichlorophenol (13), chlororesorcinol (14), pyrogallol (14), and




m-aminophenol (15) are all inactive in the rat.  In each of the above studies,




several dose levels were used with the highest dose level being sufficiently




high to cause some degree of maternal or fetal toxicity.  ^v-Aminophenol and




jr-aminophenol are teratogenic in the Syrian golden hamster whereas the data on




m-aminophenol were equivocal  (16).  In this study, the compounds were admini-




stered to rats intraperitoneally, intravenously or orally on day 8 of gesta-




tion at doses of 100, 150 or  200 mg/kg; the fetuses were examined on day  13 of




gestation.  The most frequently observed malformations were encaphalocele and




limb, tail and eye defects.   The teratogenic effects were observed at doses




which did not produce any apparent maternal toxicity.  The authors suggested




the formation of a reactive quiononeimine metabolite as a proximate (or ulti-




mate) teratogenic intermediate.  This view was supported by the finding that




jv-benzoquinoneimine exhibited similar teratogenic effects as j>-aminophenol in




the hamster.





     The carcinogenicity of butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) and butylated




hydroxyanisole (BHA) has been further tested in view of their widespread use




as food additives.  Two groups of Japanese investigators confirmed that BHT is




not carcinogenic in Wistar rats (17) or B6C3Fj mice (18) after long-term




feeding.  In agreement with previous studies using mice as the test species,




BHA has also been reported to be noncarcinogenic in B6C3Fi mice (Yokoro, cited




in re-f. 19).  However, there  is strong evidence to indicate that BHA is car-




cinogenic toward the forestomach of F344 rats and Syrian golden hamsters.  Ito




£t^£l^. (19) fed groups of F344 rats diets containing 0.5 or 2.0% BHA for  2

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years.  In the high dose group, virtually all the rats developed papillomas in




the forestomach; 18 of 52 male rats and 15 of 51 female rats also had squamous




cell carcinomas in the forestomach.  In the low dose group, the only, signifi-




cant change was an increase in the incidence of hyperplasia of the fore-




stomach.  None of the control animals exhibited similar pathological




changes.  A preliminary 24-week study (20) on Syrian golden hamsters suggested




that this species may be even more susceptible to BHA-induced forestomach




carcinogenesis; 17 of 17 hamsters maintained on diets containing 1.0 or 2.0%




BHA developed forestomach papillomas within 24 weeks.  In view of these new




findings, the potential health hazard of widespread use of BHA should be




urgently reevaluated.  Both BHT and BHA have been shown to be either an inhi-




bitor or a promoter of carcinogenesis depending on the target organ, the type




of carcinogen (initiator) and the temporal sequence of administration.  Adding




to the existing body of literature on the ambivalence of BHA and BHT (see




Section 5.2.2.5.3.4; see also review in ref. 21), Imaida ^t^ j_l^. (22) showed




that both BHA and BHT enhance  4-hydroxybutylbutylnitrosamine-induced bladder




carcinogenesis in rats.  Maeura^^. (23) found BHT to be a promotor of




2-acetylaminofluorene-induced bladder carcinogenesis in rats but an inhibitor




of hepatocarcinogenesis by the same compound.  Prophylactic effects against




methylazoxymethanol-induced colon carcinogenesis (24), benzo[a]pyrene-induced




pulmonary carcinogenesis (25) in mice have been demonstrated by BHA and an




inhibition of dimethylbenz[a]anthracene-induced mammary carcinogenesis by BHT




has been reported (26).





     j>-Phenyl phenol (OPP) and its sodium salt (sodium _p_-phenylphenate,




OPP-Na), widely-used broad spectrum fungicides used in protection of various




edible crops, have recently been tested for carcinogenic activity.  Hiraga and




Fujii (27) reported that OPP-Na was a notably active carcinogen in male F344

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rats inducing tumors of the urinary system within a relatively short latency




period.  In a subchronic 13-week study, 9 of 10 male rats fed 2% OPP-Na in the




diet were found to have urinary bladder tumors with five of these tumors




diagnosed as transitional cell carcinomas.  Female rats appeared to be sub-




stantially less susceptible; only 2 of the 10 female rats fed 4% OPP-Na




developed bladder papillomas within this time period.   A subsequent 91-week




study showed that the carcinogenic effect of OPP-Na was dose-dependent; the




incidences of transitional cell carcinomas of the urinary bladder, renal




papilla or pelvis in male rats fed 0.125, 0.25, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0 or 4.0% OPP-Na




were 0, 0, 5, 35, 95 and 85%, respectively.  In a preliminary communication,




Fujii and Hiraga (28; and K. Hiraga, personal communication) reported that




dietary administration of OPP to F344 rats for 2 years also induced urinary




bladder tumors.  The carcinogenic potency of OPP appeared to be less than that




of OPP-Na.  A carcinogenesis bioassay of OPP by the U.S. National Toxicology




Program was near completion at the time of this writing.  In a 36-week study




designed to test the tumor-promoting activity of dietary administration of 2%




OPP and OPP-Na, Fukushima _et_^l_. (29) found that OPP-Na induced urinary




bladder tumors in 8 of 44 F344 rats whereas OPP had no significant effect




within this time period.  When administered after tumor initiation with a




known bladder carcinogen, 4-hydroxybutylbutylnitrosaraine, OPP-Na exhibited




potent promoting activity whereas OPP had little or no promoting activity.




The molecular basis for this apparent considerable difference between the free




phenol and its sodium salt is not clear.  It may be related to the easier




generation, from the sodium salt, of phenolate (phenoxide) anion, which is




stabilized by resonant limit structures involving an extended conjugated




system through the unsubstituted phenyl ring.  These structures would facili-




tate the generation of setniquinone-type reactive intermediates (see below).

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     Two chlorinated phenols, 2-chlorophenol and pentachlorophenol, have no




significant carcinogenic activity in Sprague-Dawley rats after prenatal




(throughout the gestation period) and postnatal (from weaning to up-to 24




months of age) exposure to 5, 50 or 500 ppm (2-chlorophenol in drinking water




or pentachlorophenol in feed) (30; and J.H. Exon, personal communication).  In




contrast to the lack of complete carcinogenic activity, both 2-chlorophenol




and, to a lesser extent, pentachlorophenol exhibited promoting or cocarcino-




genic activity enhancing the carcinogenic action of the transplacental carci-




nogen, N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea.  The enhancing effect of 2-chlorophenol was




evident even at the low dose of 5 ppm administered either prenatally or




postnatally.





     A carcinogenesis bioassay of propyl gallate, a polyhydric phenolic com-




pound, has recently been completed by the U.S. National Toxicology Program




(4).  Groups of 50 F344/N rats and 50 B6C3Fi mice of each sex were maintained




on diets containing 6,000 or 12,000 ppm propyl gallate for 103 weeks.  There




were higher incidences of preputial gland tumors, islet-cell tumors of the




pancreas and pheochromocytomas of the adrenal gland in male rats in the low




dose group, as well as an astrocytoma and a glioma (two rare types of brain




tumors) in two low-dose females.  None of these tumors were found in the high-




dose group, however.  Thus, under the conditions of this bioassay, propyl




gallate was concluded to be not carcinogenic in F344/N rats or B6C3Fi mice of




either sex.





     The in vitro metabolism of 3-J^-butyl-4-hydroxyanisole has been studied by




Rahimtula (31).  3-£-Butyl-4-hydroxyanisole is oxidized to a variety of meta-




bolites which include formaldehyde, a dimeric product, polar metabolites, as




well as a reactive intermediate(s) that binds irreversibly to proteins.  The




authors proposed that 3-^-butyl-4-hydroxyanisole is oxidized predominantly via

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one electron oxidation to yield reactive free radical(s) which dimerizes,




undergoes further metabolism or binds to protein.  The study underscores the




importance of peroxidases in the metabolism of 3-^j-butyl-4-hydroxyanisole;  the




in vivo significance of these findings remains to be investigated.





     The possible molecular mechanisms involved in toxicity and bladder car-




cinogenesis by ^v-phenylphenol (OPP) or its sodium salt (OPP-Na) have been




investigated by Reitz et_ jil. (32).  Both compounds appear to have  little or no




genotoxic activity as demonstrated by the lack of rautagenicity in  the Ames




test and the lack of in vivo covalent binding of OPP or OPP-Na to  rat bladder




DNA.  The metabolism of OPP or OPP-Na was shown to be dose-dependent.  At




doses below 50 mg/kg, conjugation to polar metabolites (glucuronide or sulfate




conjugates) was the predominant reaction.  At doses above 500 mg/kg, there was




evidence of oxidative formation of 2,5-dihydroxybiphenyl.  It was  postulated




that the reactive intermediates (e.g., semiquinone) generated by this oxida-




tive pathway may be associated with the toxic or carcinogenic action induced




by high concentrations of OPP or OPP-Na.





     A number of investigators have recently presented evidence of the altera-




tion of immune functions of animals treated chronically with phenolic com-




pounds.  Immunosuppression has been implicated as a possible mechanism of




carcinogenic or tumor-promoting action of phenolic compounds; however, the




evidence for such an association does not appear to be very strong or consis-




tent.  LaVie and LaVie (33) reported that £j-phenylphenol was immunosuppressive




in mice; this finding could not be confirmed by Luster j2t^ jil_. (34).  Kerkvliet




,£t_.al_» (35) demonstrated that chronic treatment of mice with technical grade




pentachlorophenol suppressed the immune functions and increased the suscepti-




bility of the animals to tumor cell challenge.  Mixed findings were reported




for purified pentachlorophenol which was not immunosuppressive in  mice (35),

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reduced humoral and cell-mediated immune functions but enhanced macrophage


activity in rats (36), and suppressed humoral immunity and T-cell responses to


mitogens in chickens (37).  2-Chlorophenol, an active tumorigenesis"promoter,


was not immunosuppressive in the rat (3fe).




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