ANNEX 2

    ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE MONOGRAPHS

    ADI       acceptable daily intake

    AP        see SAP

    BMR       basal metabolic rate

    BSP       bromsulphalein

    BUN       blood urea nitrogen

    b.w.      body weight

    CHO       Chinese hamster ovary

    CNS       central nervous system

    FAD       flavin adenine dinucleotide

    FAO       Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

    FSH       follicle-stimulating hormone

    GOT       see SGOT

    GPT       see SGPT

    Hb        haemoglobin

    HPLC      high pressure liquid chromatography

    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

    LH        leutenizing hormone

    MCV       mean cell volume

    NADH      nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (reduced)

    NADPH     nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (reduced)

    NOEL      no-observed-effect level

    PAHs      polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons

    PCV       packed cell volume (haematocrit)

    ppm       parts per million

    RBC       red blood cell (erythrocyte count)

    SAP       Serum alkaline phosphatase

    s.c.      subcutaneous

    SCE       sister chromatid exchange

    SG        specific gravity

    SGOT      serum glutamate-oxaloacetate transaminase

    SGPT      serum glutamate-pyruvate transaminase

    TBA       trenbolone acetate

    TBOH      trenbolone (alpha-TBOH: 17-alpha-hydroxytrenbolone; ß-TBOH:
                17-ß-hydroxytrenbolone;

    TSH       thyrotropin

    WBC       white blood cell (total leukocyte count)

    WHO       World Health Organization

    w/v       weight/volume

    w/w       weight/weight
    

    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations