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. 2017 Jun 30;5(2):61–66. doi: 10.14252/foodsafetyfscj.2017003s

Table 2B. Potential adverse effects of a single oral administration of captan (Women who are or may be pregnant) .

Species Study Dose
(mg/kg bw/day)
NOAEL(mg/kg bw/day)
and critical endpoints1)
Rabbit Developmental toxicity study
(the 2nd study)
0, 10, 40, 160 Maternal: 40
Maternal: Increased embryo resorption and
postimplantation loss
Developmental toxicity study
(the 3rd study)
0, 10, 30, 100 Maternal: 30
Embryo/fetus: 30
Maternal: Increase of postimplantation loss rate and the number of dead embryos
Embryo/fetus: External, skeletal and soft tissue alterations
Hamster Developmental toxicity study
(the 1st study)
0, 50, 200, 400 Maternal: 200
Embryo/fetus: 200
Maternal: Increased embryo resorption and
decreased the number of viable fetuses
Embryo/fetus: Tail deformation, whole body edema, complex abnomalty, etc.
ARfD NOAEL: 30
SF: 100
ARfD: 0.3
The critical study for setting ARfD Developmental toxicity study in rabbits (the 3rd study)

ARfD, Acute reference dose; SF, Safety factor; NOAEL, No-observed-adverse-effect level

1) The adverse effect observed at the lowest-observed-adverse-effect level (LOAEL)