Effect of allyl isothiocyanate on developmental toxicity in exposed Xenopus laevis embryos

Toxicology Reports

John Russell Williams¹  James R. Rayburn¹  Roger Sauterer¹  George R. Cline¹  Mendel Friedman² 

[1] Biology Department, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL 36265, USA;Produce Safety and Microbiology Research, Western Regional Research Center, ARS-USDA, Albany, CA 94710, USA;

关键词: Allyl isothiocyanate;    Food additive;    Xenopus embryos;    Teratogenicity;    Food safety;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.toxrep.2014.12.005

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The pungent natural compound allyl isothiocyanate isolated from the seeds of Cruciferous (Brassica) plants such as mustard is reported to exhibit numerous beneficial health-promoting antimicrobial, antifungal, anticarcinogenic, cardioprotective, and neuroprotective properties. Because it is also reported to damage DNA and is toxic to aquatic organisms, the objective of the present study was to determine whether it possesses teratogenic properties. The frog embryo teratogenesis assay-Xenopus (FETAX) was used to determine the following measures of developmental toxicity of the allyl isothiocyanate: (a) 96-h LC50, defined as the median concentration causing 50% embryo lethality; (b) 96-h EC50, defined as the median concentration causing 50% malformations of the surviving embryos; and (c) teratogenic malformation index (TI), equal to 96-h LC50/96-h EC50. The quantitative results and the photographs of embryos before and after exposure suggest that allyl isothiocyanate seems to exhibit moderate teratogenic properties. The results also indicate differences in the toxicity of allyl isothiocyanate toward exposed embryos observed in the present study compared to reported adverse effects of allyl isothiocyanate in fish, rodents, and humans. The significance of the results for food safety and possible approaches to protect against adverse effects of allyl isothiocyanate are discussed.

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