Negative in Ames, in vitro human lymphocyte chromosome aberration and in vivo rat bone marrow micronucleus assays
“Perfluorohexyloctane was not mutagenic or clastogenic in a standard battery of genotoxicity tests, including a bacterial mutagenicity assay (Ames assay), an in vitro chromosome aberration assay using human peripheral lymphocytes, and an in vivo bone marrow micronucleus assay in rats.”
Rat and rabbit oral EFD: no effects in rats; maternal toxicity, miscarriages and reduced fetal weight in rabbits at all doses
“no adverse maternal or developmental effects were observed in rats at doses up to 162 times the recommended human ophthalmic dose (RHOD) ( see Data ). Maternal toxicity, miscarriages and reduced fetal weights were observed in rabbits at all doses tested, with the lowest dose as 41 times the RHOD.”
CNS only (Irwin test in 7-day rat oral study): no effects up to 5000 mg/kg/day; no other endpoints assessed
“CNS (Central Nervous System) safety pharmacology was assessed using Irwin test as part of a 7-day oral maximum tolerated dose (MTD) toxicity study in rats at 1 hour after oral dosing of F6H8 at doses up to 5000 mg/kg/day and did not cause CNS effects.”
✓ VerifiedFDA pharmacology/toxicology review, p. 14Source ↗
Not genotoxic overall: Ames negative; in vitro chromosome aberration positive without (not with) metabolic activation; rat micronucleus and comet negative