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TESTOSTERONE
Chemical names: 17 beta-HYDROXYANDROST-4-EN-3-ONE; delta-4-ANDROSTEN-17beta-OL-3-ONE
Synonyms: trans-TESTOSTERONE
Functional class: VETERINARY DRUG (PRODUCTION AID)
Latest evaluation: 1999
ADI: 0-0.02 mg/kg bw
Comments/MRLs: MRLs: Muscle, liver, kidney and fat (cattle): NOT SPECIFIED
Report: TRS 893-JECFA 52/57
Residues: FNP 41/12-JECFA 52/37
Tox monograph: FAS 43-JECFA 52/43
Previous status: 1987, TRS 763-JECFA 32/21, FNP 41-JECFA 32/24, NOT NECESSARY. ACCEPTABLE RESIDUE LEVEL: UNNECESSARY; HORMONE PRODUCED ENDOGENOUSLY AT VARIABLE LEVELS IN HUMAN BEINGS. RESIDUES FROM USE ACCORDING TO GOOD ANIMAL HUSBANDRY PRACTICE UNLIKELY TO POSE A HAZARD TO HUMAN HEALTH. AC. MRL
1981, TRS 669-JECFA 25/15
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Testosterone (PIM 519)
       Testosterone (IARC Summary & Evaluation, Volume 6, 1974)
       Testosterone (IARC Summary & Evaluation, Volume 6, 1974)