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NTP: Abstract for TR-110 Iodoform |
 | | Iodoform, a halogenated alkane with antiseptic and anti-infective properties, was selected for bioassay by the National Cancer Institute because of its similarity to methyl iodide, which has produced sarcomas in BD rats and to chloroform, a compound which has been found to induce hepatomas in NLC mice. |
 | | Iodoform in corn oil was administered by gavage, at either of two dosages, to groups of 50 male and 50 female animals of each species. |
 | | The high and low time-weighted average dosages of iodoform were, respectively, 142 and 71 mg/kg/day for male rats, 55 and 27 mg/kg/day for female rats, and 93 and 47 mg/kg/day for male and female mice. |
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