PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Schumacher, Herbert
AU  - Blake, David A.
AU  - Gurian, Joan M.
AU  - Gillette, James R.
TI  - A COMPARISON OF THE TERATOGENIC ACTIVITY OF THALIDOMIDE IN RABBITS AND RATS
DP  - 1968 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
PG  - 189--200
VI  - 160
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/160/1/189.short
4100  - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/160/1/189.full
SO  - J Pharmacol Exp Ther1968 Mar 01; 160
AB  - The teratogenic potency of thalidomide has been compared in rabbits and rats. After p.o. administration in daily doses ranging from 25 to 200 mg/kg, thalidomide was markedly teratogenic in rabbits but only slightly so in rats. After i.v. injection of the drug dissolved in dimethyl sulfoxide or propylene glycol, teratogenic effects were observed both in rabbits receiving daily doses as low as 2.5 to 10 mg/kg and in rats receiving doses of 10 mg/kg. Thus, after i.v. injection, thalidomide is only 2 to 4 times as potent in rabbits as in rats. © 1968 by The Williams & Wilkins Company