ANNEX 2
ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE MONOGRAPHS
ADI acceptable daily intake
BBN N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl) nitrosamine
BHA butylated hydroxyanisole
BHT butylated hydroxytoluene
BUN blood urea nitrogen
b.w. body weight
CDC Centers for Disease Control (U.S.)
CEC Commission of the European Communities
CNS central nervous system
CHO Chinese hampster ovary
DHEW Department of Health, Education and Welfare (U.S.)
(Now the Department of Health and Human Services
(DHHS))
DMBA 7,12-dimethyl benz(a)anthracene
DRL differential reinforcement of low rate
EEC European Economic Community
EP erythrocyte protoporphyrin
FAA N-2-fluorenylacetamide
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations
FDA Food and Drug Administration (U.S.)
FEV1 forced excretory volume in 1 second
GABA gamma-aminobutyric acid
GDL glucono delta-lactone
GGT gamma-glutamyltransferase
GOT see SGOT
GPT see SGPT
Hb haemoglobin
IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer
i.m. intramuscular
i.p. intraperitoneal
IPCS International Programme on Chemical Safety
i.v. intravenous
JECFA Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives
LD50 lethal dose, median
LDH lactate dehydrogenase
MNU methylnitrosourea
NAD nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
NHANES II Second National Health and Nutrition Examination
Survey (U.S.)
NOEL no-observed-effect level
OCT ornithine carbamoyltransferase
PAS periodic acid Shiffs
PBI protein-bound iodine
PCV haematocrit
PTWI provisional tolerable weekly intake
RBC red blood cell (erythrocyte count)
rT3 reverse triiodothyronine
SAP serum alkaline phosphatase
s.c. subcutaneous
SCE sister chromatid exchange
SG specific gravity
SGOT serum glutamate-oxaloacetate transaminase
SGPT serum glutamate-pyruvate transaminase
T3 triiodothyronine
T4 thyroxine
TBHQ tert-butylhydroquinone
TPGS d-alpha-tocopheryl(polyethyleneglycol)1000
succinate
TPN total parenteral nutrition (solution)
TRH TSU-releasing hormone
TSH thyrotropin
WBC white blood cell (total leukocyte count)
WHO World Health Organization
w/w weight/weight