Table 1.

Body/organ weights of female B₆C₃F₁ mice dermally exposed to dimethyl carbonate for 28 days.

	Dimethyl carbonate
Parameter	0%	50%	75%	100%
Body weight (g)	21.61 ± 0.40	20.79 ± 1.10	22.33 ± 1.17	22.07 ± 1.02
Kidney weight (mg)	259 ± 5	264 ± 18	284 ± 15	272 ± 9
% bw	1.19 ± 0.01	1.27 ± 0.03	1.28 ± 0.08	1.23 ± 0.00
Spleen weight (mg)	88 ± 17	75 ± 5	74 ± 4	67 ± 4
% bw	0.41 ± 0.09	0.36 ± 0.01	0.33 ± 0.02	0.30 ± 0.02
Thymus weight (mg)	55 ± 2	50 ± 2	44 ± 3*	40 ± 3**
% bw	0.26 ± 0.01	0.24 ± 0.02	0.20 ± 0.02	0.18 ± 0.02*
Liver weight (mg)	1123 ± 74	1013 ± 65	1090 ± 62	1034 ± 60
% bw	5.20 ± 0.38	4.90 ± 0.07	4.90 ± 0.31	4.70 ± 0.15

bw, body weight.

Values are expressed as means (± SE) for each group.

Significantly different from acetone controls at

^*p < 0.05

^**p < 0.01.