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. 2013 Jun;6(2):67–73. doi: 10.2478/intox-2013-0012

Table 2.

Toxicity parameters of other nanoparticles tested in adult fish and eggs of zebrafish Danio rerio and teratogenicity of these nanoparticles.

Nanoparticle Stage n 48-h LC50mg/L 96-h LC0mg/L 96-h LC50mg/L 96-h LC100 mg/L Teratogenicity
Calcium phosphateamorphous <100 nm adult 20 >1600.0 ND >1600.0 ND
eggs 20 >1600.0 ND >1600.0 ND no
Calcium oxide(CaO) <160 nm adult 30 260.0 100.0 260.0 400.0
eggs 30 290.0 200.0 290.0 400.0 no
Carbon(C) <50 nm adult 20 >1600.0 ND >1600.0 ND
eggs 20 >1600.0 ND >1600.0 ND no
Carbon nanotube7-15×3–6×0.5–200 nm adult 20 >200.0 ND >200.0 ND
eggs 20 >200.0 ND >200.0 ND no
Fullerene(C60) adult 20 >200.0 ND >200.0 ND
eggs 20 >200.0 ND >200.0 ND no
Hydroxyapatite (Ca5HO13P3) <200 nm adult 20 >1600.0 ND >1600.0 ND
eggs 20 >1600.0 ND >1600.0 ND no
Silicon nitride(Si3N4) <50 nm adult 20 >1600.0 ND >1600.0 ND
eggs 20 >1600.0 ND >1600.0 ND no
Silicon dioxide(SiO2) adult 20 >1600.0 ND >1600.0 ND
eggs 20 >1600.0 ND >1600.0 ND no

LC100 - minimum concentration causing 100% mortality; LC0 - maximum concentration causing no mortality; ND - not determined; n - number of fish used for calculation of LC50 value; no – concentration ≤100 mg/L causing no teratogenicity