Studies of embryo toxicity in rats and rabbits

Embryo toxicity studies were carried out to investigate the effects of different doses of fluorescent whitening agents (FWAs) after oral administration to pregnant rats from the 6th to the 15th day of pregnancy and to rabbits from the 6th to the 18the day of pregnancy. In own studies two FWAs of the bis(triazinylamino or triazoly)stilbenedisulfonic acid type showed no embryo-toxic or teratogenic effect on wither species at daily doses up to 1000 mg/kg. Also the toxic dose to the mothers, 3000 mg/kg, given to rabbits in case of one FWA was without these effects. In the studies of KEPLINGER, et al. (Toxicol. Appl. Parmacol. 27: 494-506, 1974) a triazolylstilbenemonosulfonic acid derivative, two bis(triazinylamino)stilbenedisulfonic acid derivatives and a bis(sulfostyryl)diphenyl derivative had no terato-enic effect on rabbits when administered orally in doses of up to 30 mg/kg/day.