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Ethylene Oxide: A colorless and flammable gas at room temperature and pressure. Ethylene oxide is a bactericidal, fungicidal, and sporicidal disinfectant. It is effective against most micro-organisms, including viruses. It is used as a fumigant for foodstuffs and textiles and as an agent for the gaseous sterilization of heat-labile pharmaceutical and surgical materials. (From Reynolds, Martindale The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p794) [Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), National Library of Medicine, extracted Dec-2023]

oxirane : A saturated organic heteromonocyclic parent that is a three-membered heterocycle of two carbon atoms and one oxygen atom. [Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI), Hastings J, Owen G, Dekker A, Ennis M, Kale N, Muthukrishnan V, Turner S, Swainston N, Mendes P, Steinbeck C. (2016). ChEBI in 2016: Improved services and an expanding collection of metabolites. Nucleic Acids Res]

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ID SourceID
PubMed CID6354
CHEMBL ID1743219
CHEBI ID27561
MeSH IDM0007902

Synonyms (106)

Synonym
AKOS009031564
oxyde d'ethylene
1,2-epoxyaethan
oxyfume
oxidoethane
amprolene
CHEBI:27561 ,
dimethylene oxide
1,2-epoxyethane
aethylenoxid
epoxyethane
ETO ,
anprolene
anproline
oxacyclopropane
dihydrooxirene
ethene oxide
oxiranyl
C0527
e.o.
merpol
ent-26263
etilene (ossido di) [italian]
oxirene, dihydro-
etylenu tlenek [polish]
einecs 200-849-9
nci-c50088
oxiran
ccris 297
ethylene (oxyde d') [french]
oxiraan [dutch]
alpha,beta-oxidoethane
ai3-26263
rcra waste number u115
hsdb 170
un 1040
fema no. 2433
oxyfume 12
qazi-ketcham
t-gas
ethox
aethylenoxid [german]
epa pesticide chemical code 042301
un1040
1,2-epoxyaethan [german]
ethyleenoxide [dutch]
rcra waste no. u115
caswell no. 443
oxide, ethylene
D03474
inchi=1/c2h4o/c1-2-3-1/h1-2h
C06548
75-21-8
oxirane
ethylene oxide
ethylene oxide, >=99.5%
E0690
E0692
E0689
E0693
E0647
CHEMBL1743219
ethylenoxide
ethyleneoxide
oxiraan
ethylene oxide, or ethlene oxide with nitrogen up to a total pressure of 1mpa (10 bar) at 50 degrees c
etilene (ossido di)
etylenu tlenek
ethyleenoxide
ec 200-849-9
ethylene (oxyde d')
jjh7gnn18p ,
ethylene oxide, or ethlene oxide with nitrogen up to a total pressure of 1mpa (10 bar) at 50 degrees c [un1040] [poison gas]
unii-jjh7gnn18p
ciba-geigy 9138
ethylene oxide [who-dd]
ethylene oxide [iarc]
ethylene oxide [mi]
ethylene oxide [fhfi]
ethylene oxide [mart.]
ethyleneoxy
ethylene oxide [hsdb]
EPITOPE ID:116215
1,2-epoxy ethane
monooxirane
epoxy ethane
mfcd00014482
sterilizing gas ethylene oxide 100%
.alpha.,.beta.-oxidoethane
DTXSID0020600 ,
ethylene oxide, >=99.9%
ethylene oxide, purum, >=99.8%
ethylene oxide 1000 microg/ml in triacetin
oxirane; ethylene oxide
ethylene-oxide
11104-97-5
Q407473
epoxide or oxirane
ethylene oxide (iarc)
caswell no 443
usepa/opp pesticide code: 042301
e o
ethylene oxide (mart.)
dtxcid60600
fema no 2433
alpha, beta-oxidoethane

Research Excerpts

Overview

Ethylene oxide is a carcinogenic gas used in chemical production and to sterilize medical equipment. It has been linked to risk of breast and lymphohematopoietic cancers in a small number of occupational studies. Ethylene oxide (EtO) is a widely used industrial chemical with recognized health risks.

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"Ethylene oxide is a highly reactive chemical primarily used as an intermediate in chemical production and as a sterilant of medical equipment and food products; it also is produced endogenously as a result of physiological processes. "( Systematic review of the scientific evidence on ethylene oxide as a human carcinogen.
Calabrese, EJ; Divis, HR; Freid, RD; Kozal, JS; Lynch, HN; Mundt, KA; Russell, AJ; Thompson, WJ, 2022
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2.42
"Ethylene oxide (EO) is a reactive epoxide. "( The association between ethylene oxide exposure and asthma risk: a population-based study.
Chen, Z; Fan, L; Li, M; Li, Z; Lin, S; Shi, P; Zhang, W; Zheng, T, 2023
)
2.66
"Ethylene oxide (EtO) is a carcinogenic gas used in chemical production and to sterilize medical equipment that has been linked to risk of breast and lymphohematopoietic cancers in a small number of occupational studies. "( Ethylene oxide emissions and incident breast cancer and non-Hodgkin lymphoma in a US cohort.
Buller, ID; Fisher, JA; Gierach, G; Jones, RR; Liao, LM; Medgyesi, DN; Silverman, DT; Ward, MH, 2023
)
3.8
"Ethylene oxide (EtO) is a volatile, ringed toxic ether used to sterilize heat-labile plastics including apheresis sets. "( Ethylene oxide-type hypersensitivity reactions in G-CSF mobilized, peripheral blood hematopoietic progenitor cell donors and review.
Cooling, L; Sherbeck, J, 2023
)
3.8
"Ethylene oxide (EO) is a ubiquitous organic compound and adversely affects human health."( Association between ethylene oxide exposure and prevalence of COPD: Evidence from NHANES 2013-2016.
He, B; Huang, Q; Li, S; Nan, W; Wan, J, 2023
)
1.96
"Ethylene oxide (EtO) is an industrial gas that was recently reassessed to pose significant additional cancer risk at low ambient concentrations. "( Suitability of new and existing ambient ethylene oxide measurement techniques for cancer inhalation risk assessment.
Kaiser, J; Mei, EJ; Moore, AC, 2023
)
2.62
"Ethylene oxide (EtO) is a widely used industrial chemical with recognized health risks. "( Associations of ethylene oxide exposure and "Life's Essential 8".
Huang, X; Liu, C; Liu, L; Xie, R; Xie, S; Zhang, Y, 2023
)
2.7
"Ethylene oxide (EtO) is a highly reactive organic compound that is mainly used as a sterilizing agent. "( Association between blood ethylene oxide levels and the risk of cardiovascular diseases in the general population.
Wang, X; Wu, KH; Zeng, G; Zhang, Q, 2021
)
2.36
"Ethylene oxide (EO) is a direct acting alkylating agent; in vitro and in vivo studies indicate that it is both a mutagen and a carcinogen. "( Dose and temporal evaluation of ethylene oxide-induced mutagenicity in the lungs of male big blue mice following inhalation exposure to carcinogenic concentrations.
Allen, B; Chen, Y; Gollapudi, BB; Haber, LT; Manjanatha, MG; McKim, KL; Moore, MM; Moore, NP; Myers, MB; Parsons, BL; Shelton, SD, 2017
)
2.18
" Ethylene oxide gas is an agent in the sterilization of medical devices due to its effectiveness and compatibility with most materials. "( Ethylene Oxide Gas Sterilization of Medical Devices.
Shintani, H, 2017
)
2.81
"Ethylene oxide (EO) is a reactive gas used by numerous industries and medical facilities as a sterilant, a fumigant, and as a chemical intermediate in chemical manufacturing. "( Skin Absorption of Ethylene Oxide Gas Following Exposures Relevant to HAZMAT Incidents.
Baxter, C; Crea, J; Gaskin, S; Heath, L; Logan, M; Pisaniello, D, 2017
)
2.23
"Ethylene oxide (EO) is a genotoxicant and a mouse lung carcinogen, but whether EO is carcinogenic through a mutagenic mode of action remains unclear. "( Temporal changes in K-ras mutant fraction in lung tissue of big blue B6C3F₁ mice exposed to ethylene oxide.
Gollapudi, BB; Haber, LT; Manjanatha, MG; McKim, KL; Moore, MM; Moore, NP; Myers, MB; Parsons, BL; Shelton, SD; Wang, Y, 2013
)
2.05
"Ethylene oxide (EO) is a highly reactive gas used in sterilisation of heat sensitive medical devices, such as infusion sets, cannulae, intubation materials, ventriculoperitoneal shunts, dialysis catheters and stents. "( Type I allergic hypersensitivity reactions due to ethylene oxide sterilised leucocyte filters in patients with thalassaemia: report of four cases.
Belen, B; Polat, M, 2015
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2.11
"Ethylene oxide (EO) is a widely used chemical intermediate also formed endogenously from ethylene metabolism. "( Mutagenicity of DNA adducts derived from ethylene oxide exposure in the pSP189 shuttle vector replicated in human Ad293 cells.
Brown, K; Farmer, PB; Jones, DJ; McLuckie, KI; Tompkins, EM, 2009
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2.06
"Ethylene oxide is a chemical of significance in life science for its critical role as a highly effective sterilizing agent for heat sensitive surgical instruments."( Temperature-programmable low thermal mass silicon micromachined gas chromatography and differential mobility detection for the fast analysis of trace level of ethylene oxide in medical work place atmospheres.
Cortes, HJ; Gras, R; Luong, J; Shellie, RA, 2012
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1.3
"Ethylene oxide (ETO) is a sterilant gas considered to be a human carcinogen, due primarily to excess hematopoietic cancer in exposed cohorts. "( Ethylene oxide and breast cancer incidence in a cohort study of 7576 women (United States).
Deddens, J; Stayner, L; Steenland, K; Ward, E; Whelan, E, 2003
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3.2
"Ethylene oxide is an effective sterilizing agent for bacteriological broths, milk, and serum. "( The sterilization of bacteriological media and other fluids with ethylene oxide.
BRUNO, P; WILSON, AT, 1950
)
1.91
"Ethylene oxide (EO) is an important industrial compound and a directly acting mutagen. "( Development of a competitive immunoassay for the determination of N-(2-hydroxyethyl)valine adducts in human haemoglobin and its application in biological monitoring.
Aston, P; Ball, L; Boogaard, P; Jones, A; Will, W,
)
1.57
"Ethylene oxide (EO) is an important industrial chemical that is classified as a known human carcinogen (IARC, Group 1). "( Effects of ethylene oxide and ethylene inhalation on DNA adducts, apurinic/apyrimidinic sites and expression of base excision DNA repair genes in rat brain, spleen, and liver.
Asakura, S; Koc, H; Kosyk, O; Li, Y; Nakamura, J; Rusyn, I; Swenberg, JA; Upton, PB, 2005
)
2.16
"Ethylene oxide is a multisite carcinogen in rodents and classified as a human carcinogen by the National Toxicology Program. "( K-ras mutations in lung tumors and tumors from other organs are consistent with a common mechanism of ethylene oxide tumorigenesis in the B6C3F1 mouse.
Hong, HH; Houle, CD; Sills, RC; Ton, TV, 2007
)
2
"Ethylene oxide (EO) is a well-known sterilizing agent. "( Ethylene oxide sterilization of medical devices: a review.
Brandão, TR; Mendes, GC; Silva, CL, 2007
)
3.23
"Ethylene oxide (EtO) is a reactive epoxide and potent biocide. "( Ethylene oxide: an overview of toxicologic and epidemiologic research.
Burg, JR; Gordon, J; Landrigan, PJ; Lemen, RA; Lewis, TR; Lipscomb, JA; Mazzuckelli, LF; Meinhardt, TJ, 1984
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3.15
"Ethylene oxide was found to be a potent inducer of chromatid-type aberrations in a human amniotic cell line. "( Chromosomal aberrations induced by ethylene oxide in a human amniotic cell line in vitro.
Papadopoulo, D; Poirier, V,
)
1.85
"Ethylene oxide is an important initial product for a number of organic compounds and, in addition, is used in the medical field for sterilization. "( [Carcinogenic activity of ethylene oxide and its reaction products 2-chloroethanol, 2-bromoethanol, ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol. I. Carcinogenicity of ethylene oxide in comparison with 1,2-propylene oxide after subcutaneous administration in mic
Dunkelberg, H, 1981
)
2.01
"Ethylene oxide (ETO) is an important industrial intermediate used extensively in the production of ethylene glycol, as a fumigant, and as a sterilant of choice for various medical devices. "( Ethylene oxide: induction of specific-locus mutations in the ad-3 region of heterokaryon 12 of Neurospora crassa and implications for genetic risk assessment of human exposure in the workplace.
Brockman, HE; de Serres, FJ, 1995
)
3.18
"Ethylene oxide (EtO) is an important intermediate industrial chemical which is also used for sterilizing medical products and hospital equipment. "( Biological monitoring of workers occupationally exposed to ethylene oxide.
Costa, SL; Natarajan, AT; Ribeiro, LR; Rios, AC; Salvadori, DM; Tates, AD; Törnqvist, M, 1994
)
1.97
"Ethylene oxide (EO) is a direct-acting mutagen and animal carcinogen used as an industrial intermediate and sterilant with a high potential for human exposure. "( In vivo and in vitro kinetics of ethylene oxide metabolism in rats and mice.
Brown, CD; Fennell, TR; Wong, BA, 1996
)
2.02
"Ethylene oxide is a gas used in some dental offices to sterilize equipment. "( Ethylene oxide exposure may increase the risk of spontaneous abortion, preterm birth, and postterm birth.
Baird, DD; Darden, B; Rowland, AS; Shore, DL; Wilcox, AJ, 1996
)
3.18
"Ethylene oxide gas is a viable alternative to gamma radiation in air that avoids oxidation and fatigue strength degradation known to accompany irradiation of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene polymer bearing surfaces in total joint implants."( Fatigue strength of polyethylene after sterilization by gamma irradiation or ethylene oxide.
Beals, N; Gunther, J; Ries, MD; Rose, RM; Sauer, W; Weaver, K, 1996
)
1.24
"Ethylene oxide (EO) is a direct-acting alkylating agent with the potential to induce cytogenetic alterations, mutations, and cancer. "( In vivo mutagenicity of ethylene oxide at the hprt locus in T-lymphocytes of B6C3F1 lacI transgenic mice following inhalation exposure.
Recio, L; Sisk, SC; Upton, PB; Walker, VE; Wong, BA, 1997
)
2.05
"Ethylene oxide (EO) is a direct-acting mutagen and animal carcinogen used as an industrial intermediate and sterilant with a high potential for human exposure. "( Ethylene oxide dosimetry in the mouse.
Asgharian, B; Brown, CD; Fennell, TR; Turner, MJ, 1998
)
3.19
"Ethylene oxide is an alkylating agent known to be a directly acting mutagen and carcinogen. "( Ambient and biochemical effect monitoring of workers exposed to ethylene oxide.
Angerer, J; Bader, M; Krämer, A, 1998
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1.98
"Ethylene oxide is a proven genotoxic chemical, and there is lots of evidence suggesting its carcinogenic effects in humans. "( Oncogene and suppressor gene expression as a biomarker for ethylene oxide exposure.
Ember, I; Gombköto, G; Kiss, I; Müller, E; Szeremi, M, 1998
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1.99
"Ethylene oxide is a valuable and indispensable part of modern medicine and today we will discuss common sense methods and procedures for its safe use."( Ethylene oxide--back to basics.
Arnold, RE, 1987
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2.44
"Ethylene oxide (EtO) is a powerful disinfectant and sterilant for heat-sensitive surgical items and instruments. "( Working conditions and health effects of ethylene oxide exposure at hospital sterilization sites.
Akakpo, V; Frimat, P; Furon, D; Hache, JC; Sobaszek, A; Victoire, G, 1999
)
2.01
"Ethylene oxide (EO) is a metabolite of ethylene, also found in cigarette smoke, and is carcinogenic in rodents."( Hemoglobin adducts from acrylonitrile and ethylene oxide in cigarette smokers: effects of glutathione S-transferase T1-null and M1-null genotypes.
Bell, DA; Fennell, TR; MacNeela, JP; Morris, RW; Thompson, CL; Watson, M, 2000
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1.29
"Ethylene oxide (EtO) is a genotoxic carcinogen with widespread uses as an industrial chemical intermediate and sterilant. "( Hemoglobin adducts and sister chromatid exchanges in hospital workers exposed to ethylene oxide: effects of glutathione S-transferase T1 and M1 genotypes.
Boeniger, MF; Connally, LB; Schulte, PA; Walker, JT; Ward, EM; Whelan, EA; Wiencke, JK; Yong, LC, 2001
)
1.98
"Ethylene oxide is a gas produced in large quantities in the United States that is used primarily as a chemical intermediate in the production of ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, non-ionic surfactants, ethanolamines, glycol ethers, and other chemicals. "( Reproductive and developmental risks from ethylene oxide: a probabilistic characterization of possible regulatory thresholds.
Baird, SJ; Evans, JS; Rhomberg, LR; Williams, PL; Wilson, AM, 2001
)
2.02
"Ethylene oxide is a known mutagen as indicated by short-term testing in vitro and in vivo. "( Ethylene oxide: evidence of human chromosomal effects.
Garry, VF; Gray, DG; Hozier, J; Jacobs, D; Wade, RL, 1979
)
3.15
"Ethylene oxide is a gas widely used in the production of industrial chemicals. "( [Parkinsonism secondary to ethylene oxide exposure: case report].
Barbosa, ER; Comerlatti, LR; Haddad, MS; Scaff, M, 1992
)
2.02
"Ethylene oxide is a colorless gas that can cause neoplastic disease (leukemia, stomach cancer) in animals and humans. "( Cytogenetic changes in ethylene oxide-exposed workers: a challenge to occupational medicine.
Ribak, J; Shabtai, P; Shaham, J,
)
1.88
"Ethylene oxide (EO) is a direct-acting SN2 alkylating agent and a rodent and probable human carcinogen. "( In vitro reaction of ethylene oxide with DNA and characterization of DNA adducts.
Li, F; Segal, A; Solomon, JJ, 1992
)
2.05
"Ethylene oxide is a sterilant gas that causes leukemia and other cancers in animals. "( Mortality among workers exposed to ethylene oxide.
Greife, A; Halperin, W; Hayes, R; Hornung, R; Nowlin, S; Stayner, L; Steenland, K, 1991
)
2
"Ethylene oxide (EtO) is an alkylating agent and a model direct-acting mutagen and carcinogen. "( Biologic markers in ethylene oxide-exposed workers and controls.
Andrews, L; Jeffrey, AM; Latriano, L; Mayer, J; Pero, R; Tang, D; Toor, M; Walles, S; Warburton, D; Wazneh, L, 1991
)
2.05
"Ethylene oxide is a sterilizing gas for heat-sensitive materials. "( [Toxicity of ethylene oxide on the crystalline lense in an occupational milieu. Difficulty of epidemiologic surveys of cataract].
Conso, F; Cordier, S; Deschamps, D; Festy, B; Hamard, H; Laurent, AM; Leport, M; Pouliquen, Y; Renard, G, 1990
)
2.09
"Ethylene oxide is a carcinogenic compound which is also an ethylene metabolite. "( Analysis of macromolecular ethylene oxide adducts.
Bolt, HM; Föst, U; Peter, H, 1988
)
2.01
"Ethylene oxide (EtO) is a potent DNA-alkylating agent which has been shown to induce sister chromatid exchanges (SCE) in the peripheral blood lymphocytes of exposed workers. "( Persistently elevated sister chromatid exchanges in ethylene oxide-exposed primates: the role of a subpopulation of high frequency cells.
Eisen, EA; Kelsey, KT; Lewis, TR; Little, JB; Lynch, DW; Wiencke, JK, 1988
)
1.97
"Ethylene oxide is a classical mutagen and a carcinogen based on evidence from studies in experimental animals. "( Mutation and enhanced virus transformation of cultured hamster cells by exposure to gaseous ethylene oxide.
Anderson, TM; Christensen, CC; Conklin, PM; Hatch, GG; Langenbach, R; Nesnow, S, 1986
)
1.93

Effects

Ethylene oxide (EtO) has been categorized as "carcinogenic to humans (Group 1)" by the IARC. EO has been shown to destroy a number of aerobic Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms, aerobic and anaerobic spore-forming bacilli, fungi, and vaccinia virus.

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"Ethylene oxide (EO) has been shown to associate with increased cardiovascular risk. "( Inverse association between blood ethylene oxide levels and obesity in the general population: NHANES 2013-2016.
Cheang, I; Li, M; Li, X; Liao, S; Yao, W; Zhang, H; Zhou, Y; Zhu, Q; Zhu, X; Zuo, Z, 2022
)
2.44
"Ethylene oxide (EO) has been recognized as an animal carcinogen and environmental EO exposure was linked to several diseases. "( Sex difference in the non-linear relationship between ethylene oxide exposure and depressive symptoms: A cross-sectional study.
Feng, C; Jiang, S; Li, B; Niu, X; Qiao, Y; Sun, M; Wang, L; Wang, M; Wang, Y; Xu, Y; Yang, T; Zhang, M; Zhang, W; Zhou, X, 2024
)
3.13
"Ethylene oxide (EtO) has been categorized as "carcinogenic to humans (Group 1)" by the IARC. "( Genotoxicity of ethylene oxide: A review of micronucleus assay results in human population.
Ghosh, M; Godderis, L,
)
1.92
"Ethylene oxide (EO) has recently been suggested to be an alternative cause, but in many cases reported in the literature, it seems that EO has not been considered as a cause."( Anaphylaxis to ethylene oxide - a rare and overlooked phenomenon?
Bache, S; Garvey, LH; Petersen, JT, 2011
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1.44
"Ethylene oxide has been shown to destroy a number of aerobic Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms, aerobic and anaerobic spore-forming bacilli, fungi, and vaccinia virus."( The sterilization of bacteriological media and other fluids with ethylene oxide.
BRUNO, P; WILSON, AT, 1950
)
1.19
"Ethylene oxide (EO) has been identified as a carcinogen in laboratory animals. "( Addressing nonlinearity in the exposure-response relationship for a genotoxic carcinogen: cancer potency estimates for ethylene oxide.
Albertini, RJ; Gargas, ML; Kirman, CR; Sielken, RL; Sweeney, LM; Teta, MJ; Valdez-Flores, C, 2004
)
1.97
"Ethylene oxide has besides its toxic reaction a mutagenic effect upon human fibroblasts."( [Mutagenic and cytotoxic effect of ethylene oxide on human cell cultures (author's transl)].
Star, EG, 1980
)
1.26
"Ethylene oxide gas has been utilized as an alternative method for sterilization of dental handpieces, as it is less corrosive than steam. "( Effectiveness of ethylene oxide for sterilization of dental handpieces.
Johnson, RB; Parker, HH, 1995
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2.07
"Ethylene oxide has been used as a low-temperature sterilization technology since the 1950s."( Choosing a low-temperature sterilization technology.
, 1999
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1.02
"Ethylene oxide (EO) research has significantly increased since the 1980s, when regulatory risk assessments were last completed on the basis of the animal cancer chronic bioassays. "( Ethylene oxide cancer risk assessment based on epidemiological data: application of revised regulatory guidelines.
Sielken, RL; Teta, MJ; Valdez-Flores, C, 1999
)
3.19
"Ethylene oxide has been produced by a Swedish company since the beginning of the 1940s."( A cohort study of mortality and cancer incidence in ethylene oxide production workers.
Axelson, O; Berndtsson, BS; Ehrenberg, L; Hogstedt, C; Rohlén, O, 1979
)
1.23
"Ethylene oxide has been shown to be an effective mutagen in a variety of organisms ranging from bacteria to mammalian cells. "( Review of the mutagenicity of ethylene oxide.
Dellarco, VL; Fowle, JR; Generoso, WM; Jacobson-Kram, D; Sega, GA, 1990
)
2.01
"Ethylene oxide sterilization has been found experimentally in animal models to damage the osteoinductive ability of bone grafts."( The failure of ethylene oxide gas-sterilized freeze-dried bone graft for thoracic and lumbar spinal fusion.
Herron, LD; Newman, MH, 1989
)
1.35

Actions

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"(4) Ethylene oxide does not inhibit osteoinduction when correctly applied for sterilization."( Influence of postmortem time and temperature on osteoinductive activity of demineralized microperforated ethylene oxide-sterilized syngeneic bone implant in the rat.
Arenas, M; Artal, R; Gendler, E; Moore, TM, 1990
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Treatment

Ethylene oxide treatment impaired the new bone ingrowth distance by 68% and reduced the scintimetric activity by 51%. Ethylene oxide-treated allograft is inferior to autograft and should not be used for posterior lumbar fusions.

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"Ethylene oxide (EO) treatment has been demonstrated as an effective method in published studies."( Reduction of PCR-amplifiable DNA by ethylene oxide treatment of forensic consumables.
Adamski, M; Alfs, K; Bastisch, I; Herdt, S; Hilken, M; Jacobs, R; Koennecke, T; Neureuther, K; Reisbacher, S; Rohmann, E; Sonntag, ML; Strain, P, 2014
)
1.4
"Ethylene oxide treatment to sterile swabs and tubes did not significantly affect subsequent DNA analysis."( Comparison of the effects of sterilisation techniques on subsequent DNA profiling.
Ames, C; Bristol, N; Dagnall, K; Daniel, B; Ellis, C; Sesardić, I; Shaw, K; Whittaker, F, 2008
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1.07
"Ethylene oxide treatment is actually under discussion within the European Community, and its future restriction to herbs and spices, or even a definite ban of its application because of eventual chemical residues or reaction products, appears likely."( [The problem of Salmonella contamination of untreated dried products in the food industry].
Bockemühl, J; Wohlers, B, 1984
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0.99
"Ethylene oxide treatment impaired the new bone ingrowth distance by 68% and reduced the scintimetric activity by 51%."( Ethylene oxide sterilization impairs allograft incorporation in a conduction chamber.
Aspenberg, P; Thorén, K, 1995
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2.46
"Ethylene oxide-treated allograft is inferior to autograft and should not be used for posterior lumbar fusions."( A prospective analysis of autograft versus allograft in posterolateral lumbar fusion in the same patient. A minimum of 1-year follow-up in 144 patients.
France, J; Jorgenson, SS; Lowe, TG; Sabin, J, 1994
)
1.73
"Ethylene oxide-treated saliva also was the least favorable saliva sample to support growth of bacteria."( Biological qualities of saliva sterilized by filtration or ethylene oxide treatment.
Kalfas, S; Rundegren, J, 1991
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Toxicity

The toxic effects of residual ethylene oxide (EtO), a frequently used gas-sterilant, on embryos either frozen for long-term purposes or stored acutely for 30 min to 9 hr in a fresh condition. The purpose of defatting and freeze-drying was to facilitate subsequent sterilisation.

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" Thus we publish herein two items to help clarify aspects of the safe and effective use of this sterilant."( Safe and effective use of ethylene oxide.
Fredericks, RJ; Rendell-Baker, L,
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0.43
" Although initially the levels were very high, storage for four days at room temperature reduced them to a safe level."( Ethylene oxide sterilisation--is it safe?
Gillespie, EH; Jackson, JM; Owen, GR, 1979
)
1.7
" It has already developed to encompass a much broader range of topics affecting the safe and effective use of technology in health care."( Safety considerations in clinical engineering.
Paasche, PE; Scott, RN, 1986
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0.27
" The obtained parameters of EO toxicometry can be used as a basis for the calculation of safe levels of residual quantities of the compound in articles for medical use."( Physico-chemical and toxico-hygienic aspects of using ethylene oxide for the sterilization of articles for medical use. Part 2. Toxicity and risk of ethylene oxide entering the organism by non-inhalation routes.
Gleiberman, SE; Kolesnikova, NI; Kopylova, LS; Lyarskii, PP; Zayeva, GN, 1986
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0.52
" Considering the viability of endothelial cells, appearance of intracellular degenerative vacuoles, and denudation of corneal Descemet's membrane as criterion for the evaluation of toxicity of different methods of sterilization, the NaOH-treated lenses were found to be the least toxic to porcine corneal endothelium."( Toxicity of methods of implant material sterilization on corneal endothelium.
Böhnke, M; Draeger, J; Singh, G; von Domarus, D, 1985
)
0.27
"Certain ethylene-oxide residues in sterilized equipment can cause toxic effects in patients."( [Mutagenic and cytotoxic effect of ethylene oxide on human cell cultures (author's transl)].
Star, EG, 1980
)
0.54
" The combination of autoclave sterilization and a PU produced from a larger-molecular-weight polyol is recommended to minimize the production of potentially toxic compounds."( The relative safety of gamma-ray, autoclave, and ethylene oxide gas sterilization of thermosetting polyurethane.
Shintani, H,
)
0.39
" The purpose of defatting and freeze-drying was to facilitate subsequent sterilisation by eliminating the barrier to diffusion of the gas into bone, to lower residual levels of ethylene oxide and its toxic by-products, to eliminate alloantigens and to make storage possible at room temperature."( Preparation of bank bone using defatting, freeze-drying and sterilisation with ethylene oxide gas. Part 1. Experimental evaluation of its efficacy and safety.
Kakiuchi, M; Nishimura, A; Ono, K; Shiokawa, H, 1996
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0.71
" Animals exposed to short, high exposures of EtO on day 7 of gestation were found to have more adverse effects than animals exposed to the same C x T multiple but at longer, lower exposures."( Dose-rate effects of ethylene oxide exposure on developmental toxicity.
Brain, J; Gill, J; Henessey, R; Holmes, L; Kimmel, C; Kimmel, G; Long, N; Ravi, S; Ryan, L; Skornik, W; Smith, A; Weller, E; Williams, P, 1999
)
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" All three compounds showed signs of toxicity, with DEB being substantially more toxic than either CEO or EB."( In vitro genotoxicity testing of (1-chloroethenyl)oxirane, a metabolite of beta-chloroprene.
Donner, EM; Gladnick, NL; Himmelstein, MW; Snyder, RD; Valentine, R, 2001
)
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"Pyrogenic and toxic reactions, especially in immunologically compromised patients, are among the risks associated with reuse of single-use medical devices (SUDs) with recurrent damaged surfaces."( Safety evaluation of single-use medical devices after submission to simulated reutilization cycles.
da Silva, MV; Pinto, Tde J; Ribeiro, Ade F,
)
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" It is suggested that the gel formulation containing sodium lauryl sulfate is safe for most tissues that could be exposed to the product under normal use."( Subchronic (26- and 52-week) toxicity and irritation studies of a novel microbicidal gel formulation containing sodium lauryl sulfate in animal models.
Bergeron, MG; Bussières, M; Laforest, G; Piret, J, 2008
)
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" These toxic tissue responses occur in the same anatomical regions in rodents as do the PO-induced tumors."( Propylene oxide: genotoxicity profile of a rodent nasal carcinogen.
Albertini, RJ; Sweeney, LM, 2007
)
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"Do materials sterilized using gamma rays become toxic when re-sterilized in ethylene oxide? This question guided the objective of this study, which was to investigate the potential cytotoxic effect of PVC sterilized by gamma radiation and re-sterilized with EO by the agar diffusion method in cell cultures."( [Cytotoxicity of PVC tubes sterilized in ethylene oxide after gamma radiation exposure].
Cruz, AS; de Souza, RQ; Gonçalves, CR; Graziano, KU; Ikeda, TI, 2013
)
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" In contrast to the systematic administration of therapeutics via repeatedly intravenous injections of micelles, this implantable device has these capacities of greatly reducing the drug dose, the frequency of administration and side effect of chemotherapeutic agents while maintaining highly therapeutic efficacy against artificial solid tumors."( An implantable active-targeting micelle-in-nanofiber device for efficient and safe cancer therapy.
Guo, X; Li, L; Wang, J; Wang, Y; Yang, G; Zhou, S, 2015
)
0.42
" Studies employing the inhalation route of exposure and assessing gene or chromosomal mutations and chromosomal damage in various tissues were considered the most relevant for assessing risk from EO, since these effects are likely to contribute to adverse health consequences in exposed individuals."( Genotoxicity as a toxicologically relevant endpoint to inform risk assessment: A case study with ethylene oxide.
Albertini, RJ; Gollapudi, BB; Johnson, GE; Li, AA; Reiss, R; Su, S, 2020
)
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" These findings reemphasize the fact that more appropriate and stricter test and regulations will be needed to assure that the abuse deterrent formulations are safe and effective under severe conditions of abuse."( Abuse-deterrent properties and cytotoxicity of poly(ethylene oxide) after thermal tampering.
Ahmad, R; Babanejad, N; Kandalam, U; Omidi, Y; Omidian, H, 2021
)
0.87

Pharmacokinetics

A physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model of acrylonitrile (ACN) and cyanoethylene oxide (CEO) disposition in humans was developed. By analyzing published data on ethylene oxide in man its half-life was estimated to be 42 min.

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
" By analyzing published data on ethylene oxide in man its half-life was estimated to be 42 min."( Pharmacokinetics of ethylene in man; body burden with ethylene oxide and hydroxyethylation of hemoglobin due to endogenous and environmental ethylene.
Denk, B; Ehrenberg, L; Filser, JG; Kessler, W; Törnqvist, M, 1992
)
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" An exploratory study was conducted by using rat brain tumor data for acrylonitrile (AN) to investigate the use of physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling along with pooling of dose-response data across routes of exposure as a means for improving carcinogen risk assessment methods."( Improving cancer dose-response characterization by using physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling: an analysis of pooled data for acrylonitrile-induced brain tumors to assess cancer potency in the rat.
Gargas, ML; Hays, SM; Kedderis, GL; Kirman, CR; Strother, DE, 2000
)
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" The objective of these studies was to develop physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PB-PK) models for EO to describe the exposure-tissue dose relationship in rodents and humans."( A physiologically based pharmacokinetic model for ethylene oxide in mouse, rat, and human.
Brown, CD; Fennell, TR, 2001
)
0.56
"A physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model of acrylonitrile (ACN) and cyanoethylene oxide (CEO) disposition in humans was developed and is based on human in vitro data and scaling from a rat model (G."( Physiologically based pharmacokinetic model parameter estimation and sensitivity and variability analyses for acrylonitrile disposition in humans.
Gargas, ML; Kedderis, GL; Strother, DE; Sweeney, LM, 2003
)
0.54
" This group of predominantly volatile and lipophilic chemicals was selected on the basis that their kinetics have been well-studied and can be predicted in mice, rats, and humans using physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) models."( Assessing the dose-dependency of allometric scaling performance using physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling.
Gargas, ML; Kirman, CR; Meek, ME; Sweeney, LM, 2003
)
0.32

Bioavailability

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
" It describes uptake of ET and EO following inhalation and intraperitoneal administration, endogenous production of ET, enzyme-mediated oxidation of ET to EO, bioavailability of EO, EO metabolism, and formation of 2-hydroxyethyl adducts of hemoglobin and DNA."( A physiological toxicokinetic model for exogenous and endogenous ethylene and ethylene oxide in rat, mouse, and human: formation of 2-hydroxyethyl adducts with hemoglobin and DNA.
Baur, C; Csanády, GA; Denk, B; Filser, JG; Gargas, ML; Kessler, W; Kreuzer, PE; Pütz, C, 2000
)
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" Bioavailability of EO was estimated by extracting the devices and polymers in water."( Residual ethylene oxide in medical devices and device material.
Brown, SA; Hitchins, VM; Lucas, AD; Lyle, DB; McNamee, SG; Merritt, K; Woods, TO, 2003
)
0.74
" The IN administration of Poloxamer 407 and TDM based formulation showed a systemic bioavailability of 29."( Poly(ethylene oxide/propylene oxide) copolymer thermo-reversible gelling system for the enhancement of intranasal zidovudine delivery to the brain.
Kim, K; Ved, PM, 2011
)
0.88
" The bioavailability of CPX olamine formulated as PEO-based MBFs can thus be effectively controlled by inducing the complete dispersion and/or microsegregation and nanocrystallization of CPX olamine in the polymer matrix."( Molecular-Level Control of Ciclopirox Olamine Release from Poly(ethylene oxide)-Based Mucoadhesive Buccal Films: Exploration of Structure-Property Relationships with Solid-State NMR.
Brus, J; Gajdosova, M; Steinhart, M; Urbanova, M; Vetchy, D, 2016
)
0.67
"Protein corona formed on nanomaterial surfaces play an important role in the bioavailability and cellular uptake of nanomaterials."( Short-chained oligo(ethylene oxide)-functionalized gold nanoparticles: realization of significant protein resistance.
Riley, KR; Sims, CM; Vanderah, DJ; Walker, ML; Wood, IT, 2018
)
0.8
" One of them is the close relationship of drug's bioavailability with solubility, dissolution rate and permeability."( Crystalline Ethylene Oxide and Propylene Oxide Triblock Copolymer Solid Dispersion Enhance Solubility, Stability and Promoting Time- Controllable Release of Curcumin.
Alves, TFR; Chaud, MV; da Silva Pontes, K; das Neves Lopes, FCC; Junior, JMO; Komatsu, D; Rebelo, MA; Santos, C; Severino, P; Souza, JF, 2018
)
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"Thus, these SDs, specifically CUR:P-407 1:2 w/w, can overcome the barriers of poor bioavailability to reap many beneficial properties."( Crystalline Ethylene Oxide and Propylene Oxide Triblock Copolymer Solid Dispersion Enhance Solubility, Stability and Promoting Time- Controllable Release of Curcumin.
Alves, TFR; Chaud, MV; da Silva Pontes, K; das Neves Lopes, FCC; Junior, JMO; Komatsu, D; Rebelo, MA; Santos, C; Severino, P; Souza, JF, 2018
)
0.86
"0 suggests that an increase in vaginal pH could improve TDF bioavailability at earlier time points."( Chitosan-poly(ethylene oxide) nanofibrous mat as a vaginal platform for tenofovir disoproxyl fumarate - The effect of vaginal pH on drug carrier performance.
Ciach, T; Dąbrowska, J; Krzyżowska, M; Nowicka, M; Szymańska, E; Winnicka, K; Wojasiński, M, 2022
)
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Dosage Studied

Ethylene oxide is a gaseous sterilization agent and chemical building block. Tubes with residues of 200 to 600 ppm ethylene oxide brought about a consistent rise of the SCE ratio in the sense of a dose-response relationship.

ExcerptRelevanceReference
" Dose-response relationships for 7-HEG were nonlinear in both mice and rats, with the alkylating efficiency of ETO increasing at high exposures."( Molecular dosimetry of ethylene oxide: formation and persistence of 7-(2-hydroxyethyl)guanine in DNA following repeated exposures of rats and mice.
Fennell, TR; Prevost, V; Shuker, DE; Skopek, TR; Swenberg, JA; Upton, PB; Walker, VE, 1992
)
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" We explore quantitative estimation of risk to humans from low exposures based on these animal data, addressing questions of tissue dosimetry for this alkylating agent, expected equivalency of doses across species, germ-cell sensitivity, and extrapolation of dose-response relationship to low exposure levels."( Quantitative estimation of the genetic risk associated with the induction of heritable translocations at low-dose exposure: ethylene oxide as an example.
Dearfield, KL; Dellarco, VL; Jacobson-Kram, D; Rhomberg, L; Siegel-Scott, C, 1990
)
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" Ehrenberg on dosimetry and dose-response relationships of genotoxic compounds have been centred around ethylene oxide."( Dosimetry of ethylene oxide.
Osterman-Golkar, S, 1988
)
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" This approach puts severe data demands on the researcher building models: extensive physiologic, biochemical and metabolic data must be available or estimable for body compartments; time-course and dose-response data must be available on the effects; and environmental exposure profiles must be available."( Extrapolation of laboratory findings to risks from environmental exposures: male reproductive effects of ethylene oxide.
Smith, TJ, 1988
)
0.49
" The mean total dosage per mouse was 2110."( [Carcinogenic activity of ethylene oxide and its reaction products 2-chloroethanol, 2-bromoethanol, ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol. III. Research on ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol for carcinogenic effects].
Dunkelberg, H, 1987
)
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", N-acetyl-S-(1-cyano-2-hydroxyethyl)-L-cysteine (CHEMA) and N-acetyl-S-(2-hydroxyethyl)-L-cysteine (HEMA), were isolated from the urine of rats dosed with four successive doses of oxiranecarbonitrile (glycidonitrile, GN), 5 mg/kg, a reactive metabolic intermediate of acrylonitrile (AN)."( N-acetyl-S-(1-cyano-2-hydroxyethyl)-L-cysteine, a new urinary metabolite of acrylonitrile and oxiranecarbonitrile.
Linhart, I; Novák, J; Smejkal, J, 1988
)
0.27
"Characterization of the health risks associated with occupational and environmental exposure to ethylene oxide (a gaseous sterilization agent and chemical building block) is made difficult by the limited dose-response information contained in the few published epidemiologic studies available, and the absence of toxicologic data for chronic exposures in species other than the rat."( Issues in assessing the carcinogenic hazards of ethylene oxide.
Austin, SG; Sielken, RL, 1988
)
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" There was a dose-response relationship between exposure and the following: Continuous Performance Test and sural velocity."( Evidence of neurologic dysfunction related to long-term ethylene oxide exposure.
Becker, CE; Cavalieri, SA; Cone, JE; Estrin, WJ; Jones, JR; Wald, P, 1987
)
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"In the dose-response study, male mice were exposed by inhalation to ethylene oxide (EtO) for 4 consecutive days."( Ethylene oxide dose and dose-rate effects in the mouse dominant-lethal test.
Braden, PW; Cain, KT; Generoso, WM; Gosslee, DG; Hughes, LA; Sega, GA; Shelby, MD, 1986
)
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" The dosage (0."( Halophilic bacteria susceptibility to peracetic acid vapor and ethylene oxide.
Tasch, P; Todd, B, 1973
)
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" A significant dose-response relationship between SCE and EO dose was recorded up to 35 micrograms/ml, the highest dose tested."( Ethylene oxide induced sister chromatid exchange in human lymphocytes using a membrane dosimetry system.
Garry, VF; Lakatua, D; Opp, CW; Wiencke, JK, 1982
)
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"1 mg single dosage per mouse) once per week to groups of 100 female NMRI mice respectively."( [Carcinogenic activity of ethylene oxide and its reaction products 2-chloroethanol, 2-bromoethanol, ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol. I. Carcinogenicity of ethylene oxide in comparison with 1,2-propylene oxide after subcutaneous administration in mic
Dunkelberg, H, 1981
)
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" In Section 4 we show how to take advantage of Cox's "proportional hazards model" in establishing approximate dose-response relationships."( [On the statistical analysis of long-term tests for carcinogenesis by means of the random censorship model (author's transl)].
Dunkelberg, H; Wellek, S, 1981
)
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" Tubes with residues of 200 to 600 ppm ethylene oxide brought about a consistent rise of the SCE ratio in the sense of a dose-response relationship."( [Mutagenic and cytotoxic effect of ethylene oxide on human cell cultures (author's transl)].
Star, EG, 1980
)
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" The present paper discusses the scientific basis for a reassessment of the EPA model, providing data and hypotheses related to effective dose to the target cells and shape of the dose-response relationship at low doses, and dose rates."( Reconsideration of the genetic risk assessment for ethylene oxide exposures.
Fennell, TR; Leber, AP; Preston, RJ; Sielken, RL; Swenberg, JA, 1995
)
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" To the extent that the linearity hypothesis for dose-response relationships at low levels is accepted, exposure to ethene is therefore expected to lead to a risk increment."( Is ambient ethene a cancer risk factor?
Törnqvist, M, 1994
)
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" Control and ETO-treated conidial suspensions were used to obtain dose-response curves for inactivation as well as the overall induction of ad-3 forward mutations using a non-selective method based on pigment accumulation rather than a requirement for adenine."( Ethylene oxide: induction of specific-locus mutations in the ad-3 region of heterokaryon 12 of Neurospora crassa and implications for genetic risk assessment of human exposure in the workplace.
Brockman, HE; de Serres, FJ, 1995
)
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" We present simple methods for combining dose information from the study of interest with dose-response data from other epidemiologic studies or animal studies to derive plausible hypothesized effect levels."( Resolving discrepancies among studies: the influence of dose on effect size.
Hertz-Picciotto, I; Neutra, RR, 1994
)
0.29
" The dose-response curves for 7-HEG in rat tissues were linear between 10 and 100 ppm ETO and increased in slope above 100 ppm."( Molecular dosimetry of DNA and hemoglobin adducts in mice and rats exposed to ethylene oxide.
Fennell, TR; MacNeela, JP; Swenberg, JA; Upton, PB; Walker, VE, 1993
)
0.51
" The lack of an increased mortality for these cancer sites was further strengthened by the lack of a dose-response relation with duration of employment and latency."( An epidemiological study of workers potentially exposed to ethylene oxide.
Trent, LS; Wong, O, 1993
)
0.53
" Exposure odds ratios were statistically elevated for five of these agents; dose-response evaluations for two of the agents, ethylene oxide and benzene, failed to provide additional support for a causal relationship."( Investigation of a cluster of ten cases of Hodgkin's disease in an occupational setting.
Arends, JW; Kusters, E; Ott, MG; Slangen, JM; Swaen, GM; Van Den Langenbergh, G; Zober, A, 1996
)
0.5
" The pharmacokinetic data were well simulated, although CEO blood concentrations after bolus oral dosing were somewhat overestimated."( Refinement and verification of the physiologically based dosimetry description for acrylonitrile in rats.
Batra, R; Gargas, ML; Held, SD; Kedderis, GL; Teo, SK, 1996
)
0.29
" After the administration of DNP-poly[A] at a dosage of 100 mg/kg of body weight three times a week over a 3-week period, RT could no longer be detected by an ultrasensitive RT-PCR assay."( Inhibition of murine leukemia virus with poly-2'-O-(2,4-dinitrophenyl)poly[A].
Ashun, MA; Hu, Y; Kang, I; Li, CC; Wang, JH, 1996
)
0.29
" The polyethylene material grade, method of sterilization, and sterilization dosage for 26 of the tibial components were determined by tracing the material lot number for each component."( Effects of sterilization on wear in total knee arthroplasty.
Paxson, RD; Tanner, MG; White, SE; Whiteside, LA, 1996
)
0.29
" However, the lack of a dose-response relationship suggests that this effect may not be related to oxide exposure."( Neurophysiological and neuropathological evaluation of primates exposed to ethylene oxide and propylene oxide.
Brightwell, WS; Burg, JR; Johnson, BL; Lynch, DW; Madden, G; Russo, JM; Setzer, JV; Sprinz, H,
)
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"0% VC in air produced similar mutant frequencies without a clear dose-response relationship, suggesting saturation of metabolic activation."( Mutagenicity of vinyl chloride and its reactive metabolites, chloroethylene oxide and chloroacetaldehyde, in a metabolically competent human B-lymphoblastoid line.
Chiang, SY; Skopek, TR; Swenberg, JA; Weisman, WH, 1997
)
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" Quantification results are shown for 7HEG after calf thymus DNA and blood exposure to various doses of EO, in both cases obtaining clear dose-response relationships."( High-performance liquid chromatography/electrospray mass spectrometry for the analysis of modified bases in DNA: 7-(2-hydroxyethyl)guanine, the major ethylene oxide-DNA adduct.
De Pauw, E; Laurent, C; Leclercq, L, 1997
)
0.5
" The dose-response for hprt mutant T-cells in thymus and spleen was defined in mice necropsied 2 and 8 weeks post-exposure, respectively."( In vivo mutagenicity of ethylene oxide at the hprt locus in T-lymphocytes of B6C3F1 lacI transgenic mice following inhalation exposure.
Recio, L; Sisk, SC; Upton, PB; Walker, VE; Wong, BA, 1997
)
0.6
" This flat dose-response relationship is primarily the result of efficient repair of EO-induced DNA adducts in the fertilized egg, as was evident from the up to 40-fold or 240-fold increased mutant frequencies above NER- or NER+ background levels, respectively, in crosses with NER- females."( Genotoxic effects of inhaled ethylene oxide, propylene oxide and butylene oxide on germ cells: sensitivity of genetic endpoints in relation to dose and repair status.
Nivard, MJ; Vogel, EW, 1998
)
0.59
" 7-HEG exhibited tissue- and species-specific dose-response relationships in EO-exposed animals."( Molecular dosimetry of endogenous and ethylene oxide-induced N7-(2-hydroxyethyl) guanine formation in tissues of rodents.
Ranasinghe, A; Swenberg, JA; Upton, PB; Walker, VE; Wu, KY, 1999
)
0.57
" For mutagenesis and other genotoxicity endpoints, the dose-response reflects the molecular dose of each type of DNA adduct, cell proliferation, as well as endogenous factors that lead to mutagenesis such as the formation and repair of endogenous DNA adducts."( DNA adducts: effects of low exposure to ethylene oxide, vinyl chloride and butadiene.
Ham, A; Koc, H; Morinello, E; Ranasinghe, A; Swenberg, JA; Tretyakova, N; Upton, PB; Wu, K, 2000
)
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" The major objectives of this study were: (a) to determine the formation and persistence of N7-HEG adducts in liver DNA of adult male rats exposed to 0, 50, 100 and 200 ppm by inhalation (4 weeks, 5 days/week, 6 h/day) and (b) to assess dose-response relationships for Hprt gene mutations and various types of chromosomal changes in splenic lymphocytes."( Formation of DNA adducts and induction of mutagenic effects in rats following 4 weeks inhalation exposure to ethylene oxide as a basis for cancer risk assessment.
Boogaard, PJ; Ehrenberg, LG; Natarajan, AT; Tates, AD; Törnqvist, MA; van Sittert, NJ, 2000
)
0.52
" Two studies with the requisite attributes of size, individual exposure estimates and follow up are the basis for dose-response modeling and added lifetime risk predictions under environmental and occupational exposure scenarios and a variety of plausible alternative assumptions."( Ethylene oxide cancer risk assessment based on epidemiological data: application of revised regulatory guidelines.
Sielken, RL; Teta, MJ; Valdez-Flores, C, 1999
)
1.75
" Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) guidelines for cancer risk assessment have acknowledged the value of better use of mechanistic data and better dose-response characterization."( Improving cancer dose-response characterization by using physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling: an analysis of pooled data for acrylonitrile-induced brain tumors to assess cancer potency in the rat.
Gargas, ML; Hays, SM; Kedderis, GL; Kirman, CR; Strother, DE, 2000
)
0.31
" A positive dose-response was found between cumulative dose exposure and the absolute mean number of eosinophils."( Hematological changes in hospital workers due to chronic exposure to low levels of ethylene oxide.
Gurvich, R; Levi, Z; Ribak, J; Shaham, J; Shain, R, 2000
)
0.53
" A dose-response relationship was established, indicating that the adduct formation increases with the exposure level."( Quantitative detection of N(7)-(2-hydroxyethyl)guanine adducts in DNA using high-performance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry.
Chen, SH; Hung, CW; Li, CM; Liao, PC, 2001
)
0.31
" A future goal is to use the kinetic rates to parameterize a physiologically based toxicokinetic model and relate the burden of toxic metabolite to the cancer dose-response observed in experimental animals."( The metabolism of beta-chloroprene: preliminary in-vitro studies using liver microsomes.
Carpenter, SC; Himmelstein, MW; Hinderliter, PM; Snow, TA; Valentine, R, 2001
)
0.31
" The non-linear dose-response relationship for mutations could therefore not be explained by a reduced inhalation or increased detoxification at higher exposure levels."( Mutagenic activity of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide under XPG proficient and deficient conditions in relation to N-7-(2-hydroxyalkyl)guanine levels in Drosophila.
Czene, K; Nivard, MJ; Segerbäck, D; Vogel, EW, 2003
)
0.63
" Methyl bromide showed better penetration, but was not sufficiently toxic at practical dosage levels."( Fumigation of jute bags with ethylene oxide and methyl bromide to eradicate potato ring rot bacteria.
MONRO, HA; RICHARDSON, LT, 1962
)
0.53
"75 for dose-response assessments in which toxicity is attributed to the formation of a reactive metabolite from an inhaled compound."( Assessing the dose-dependency of allometric scaling performance using physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling.
Gargas, ML; Kirman, CR; Meek, ME; Sweeney, LM, 2003
)
0.32
" In support of this hypothesis, a quadratic dose-response model provided the best overall fit to the epidemiology data in the range of observation."( Addressing nonlinearity in the exposure-response relationship for a genotoxic carcinogen: cancer potency estimates for ethylene oxide.
Albertini, RJ; Gargas, ML; Kirman, CR; Sielken, RL; Sweeney, LM; Teta, MJ; Valdez-Flores, C, 2004
)
0.53
" Both the dosage forms follow Higuchi model for release from formulations."( Formulation and development of gastroretentive drug delivery system for ofloxacin.
Ali, J; Ali, M; Hasan, S, 2006
)
0.33
" Gamma irradiation at this dosage is therefore not in itself a sterilisation process with respect to viruses."( Development of a bacteriophage model system to investigate virus inactivation methods used in the treatment of bone allografts.
Bienek, C; Galea, G; Jones, A; Kearney, JN; Lomas, R; MacKay, L; Scott, G, 2007
)
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"Three-point bending test showed that the levels of maximum load of the all experimental groups were lower than that of the control group, however, only those of the 3 Co-60 irradiation groups were significantly lower than that of the control group and that Co-60 radiation lowered the level of maximum load dose-dependently; and that the levels of ultimate strength of all the all experimental groups were lower than that of the control group, however, only those of the 3 Co-60 groups were significantly lower than that of the control group and that the higher the dosage of Co-60 radiation the lower the level of ultimate strength, however, not dose-dependently."( [Influence of sterilization treatments on continuous carbon-fiber reinforced polyolefin composite].
Chen, AM; Guan, SB; Hou, CL; Wang, JE; Zhang, W, 2007
)
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" We have therefore defined in vivo dose-response relationships over a concentration range relevant to human EO exposures using a dual-isotope approach."( Dose-response relationships for N7-(2-hydroxyethyl)guanine induced by low-dose [14C]ethylene oxide: evidence for a novel mechanism of endogenous adduct formation.
Britton, RG; Brown, K; Farmer, PB; Johnson, GE; Jones, DJ; Marsden, DA; Ognibene, T; Ubick, E, 2009
)
0.58
" EPA's first attempt to implement an ADAF when the dose-response model had a cumulative dose metric was for ethylene oxide and that attempt (US EPA, 2006) failed to successfully follow EPA's own guidelines."( Calculating excess risk with age-dependent adjustment factors and cumulative doses: ethylene oxide case study.
Flores, CV; Sielken, RL, 2009
)
0.79
" This study provides low-level chronic exposure somatic cytogenetic data generated in mice that can be used to support the shape of the tumour dose-response in rodents and humans The germ cell cytogenetic data are discussed in terms of its relevance for a threshold response for genetic effects at low exposures."( Reciprocal translocations in somatic and germ cells of mice chronically exposed by inhalation to ethylene oxide: implications for risk assessment.
Donner, EM; James, RA; Preston, RJ; Wong, BA, 2010
)
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" Among major subtypes, chronic lymphocytic leukemia was consistently associated with ethylene oxide exposure, related in a dose-response manner to probability, frequency, and duration of exposure, as well as to cumulative exposure and (less definitively) with exposure intensity."( Occupational exposure to ethylene oxide and risk of lymphoma.
Becker, N; Boffetta, P; Brennan, P; Cocco, P; D'Andrea, I; de Sanjosé, S; Foretova, L; Kiran, S; Kleefeld, S; Mannetje, A; Maynadié, M; Nieters, A; Satta, G; Staines, A, 2010
)
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" This review summarizes and evaluates the status of dose-response data for DNA adducts and mutations from recent experimental work with standard mutagenic agents and ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, and the importance for risk assessment."( Understanding the importance of low-molecular weight (ethylene oxide- and propylene oxide-induced) DNA adducts and mutations in risk assessment: Insights from 15 years of research and collaborative discussions.
Boysen, G; Brown, K; Cadet, J; Fuchs, RP; Johnson, GE; Pottenger, LH; Swenberg, JA, 2019
)
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" Finally, rats were dosed intraperitoneally with EO, 50 mg/kg."( N-(2-Hydroxyethyl)-L-valyl-L-leucine in rat urine as a hydrolytic cleavage product of ethylene oxide adduct with globin.
Dabrowská, L; Dušková, Š; Hanzlíková, I; Hejl, K; Linhart, I; Mráz, J, 2019
)
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"We review approaches for characterizing "peak" exposures in epidemiologic studies and methods for incorporating peak exposure metrics in dose-response assessments that contribute to risk assessment."( Peak Exposures in Epidemiologic Studies and Cancer Risks: Considerations for Regulatory Risk Assessment.
Checkoway, H; Dell, LD; Gentry, PR; Lees, PSJ; Mundt, KA, 2019
)
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"The purpose of the present investigation is to analyze the in vivo genotoxicity dose-response data of ethylene oxide (EO) and the applicability of the derived point-of-departure (PoD) values when estimating permitted daily exposure (PDE) values."( Genotoxicity as a toxicologically relevant endpoint to inform risk assessment: A case study with ethylene oxide.
Albertini, RJ; Gollapudi, BB; Johnson, GE; Li, AA; Reiss, R; Su, S, 2020
)
0.99
" EPA's cancer dose-response assessment for BD was published in 2002 and was primarily based on a study on workers exposed to BD in the North American synthetic Styrene-Butadiene Rubber (SBR) Industry developed by the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)."( An updated lymphohematopoietic and bladder cancers risk evaluation for occupational and environmental exposures to 1,3-butadiene.
Budinsky, R; Cagen, S; Erraguntla, N; Kirman, CR; Valdez-Flores, C, 2022
)
0.72
" The association between the level of EO exposure and the risk of developing asthma was evaluated with logistic regression models and dose-response analysis curves of restricted cubic spline function."( The association between ethylene oxide exposure and asthma risk: a population-based study.
Chen, Z; Fan, L; Li, M; Li, Z; Lin, S; Shi, P; Zhang, W; Zheng, T, 2023
)
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" Dose-response analysis curves of restricted cubic spline function, multiple logistic regression, and subgroup analysis were used to investigate the association between HbEO and the risk of kidney stones."( The relationship between ethylene oxide levels in hemoglobin and the prevalence of kidney stones in US adults: an exposure-response analysis from NHANES 2013-2016.
Hu, H; Ni, J; Peng, B; Song, W; Wang, Y; Yang, G; Zhang, H; Zhang, Y, 2023
)
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" Dose-response curves from the RCS showed a nonlinear positive association between EO and kidney stones."( Physical activity can influence the relationship between ethylene oxide and risk of kidney stones: A cross-sectional study from the NHANES 2013-2016.
Chen, M; Jiang, H; Mao, W; Wang, K; Yang, B; Zhang, H; Zhou, S, 2023
)
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" Weighted restricted cubic spline model was applied to draw the dose-response curve."( Sex difference in the non-linear relationship between ethylene oxide exposure and depressive symptoms: A cross-sectional study.
Feng, C; Jiang, S; Li, B; Niu, X; Qiao, Y; Sun, M; Wang, L; Wang, M; Wang, Y; Xu, Y; Yang, T; Zhang, M; Zhang, W; Zhou, X, 2024
)
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[information is derived through text-mining from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Roles (3)

RoleDescription
mutagenAn agent that increases the frequency of mutations above the normal background level, usually by interacting directly with DNA and causing it damage, including base substitution.
mouse metaboliteAny mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in a mouse (Mus musculus).
allergenA chemical compound, or part thereof, which causes the onset of an allergic reaction by interacting with any of the molecular pathways involved in an allergy.
[role information is derived from Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI), Hastings J, Owen G, Dekker A, Ennis M, Kale N, Muthukrishnan V, Turner S, Swainston N, Mendes P, Steinbeck C. (2016). ChEBI in 2016: Improved services and an expanding collection of metabolites. Nucleic Acids Res]

Drug Classes (3)

ClassDescription
saturated organic heteromonocyclic parent
oxacycleAny organic heterocyclic compound containing at least one ring oxygen atom.
gas molecular entityAny main group molecular entity that is gaseous at standard temperature and pressure (STP; 0degreeC and 100 kPa).
[compound class information is derived from Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI), Hastings J, Owen G, Dekker A, Ennis M, Kale N, Muthukrishnan V, Turner S, Swainston N, Mendes P, Steinbeck C. (2016). ChEBI in 2016: Improved services and an expanding collection of metabolites. Nucleic Acids Res]

Pathways (6)

PathwayProteinsCompounds
Metabolism14961108
Biological oxidations150276
Phase I - Functionalization of compounds69175
Cytochrome P450 - arranged by substrate type30110
Xenobiotics450
ethene and chloroethene degradation521

Bioassays (3)

Assay IDTitleYearJournalArticle
AID603951In-vitro air to blood partition coefficients of the compound, logK(blood) (human/rat)2008European journal of medicinal chemistry, Mar, Volume: 43, Issue:3
Air to lung partition coefficients for volatile organic compounds and blood to lung partition coefficients for volatile organic compounds and drugs.
AID603952In-vitro blood to lung partition coefficients of the compound, logP(lung) (human/rat)2008European journal of medicinal chemistry, Mar, Volume: 43, Issue:3
Air to lung partition coefficients for volatile organic compounds and blood to lung partition coefficients for volatile organic compounds and drugs.
AID603950In-vitro air to lung partition coefficients of the compound, logK(lung) (human/rat)2008European journal of medicinal chemistry, Mar, Volume: 43, Issue:3
Air to lung partition coefficients for volatile organic compounds and blood to lung partition coefficients for volatile organic compounds and drugs.
[information is prepared from bioassay data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Research

Studies (2,640)

TimeframeStudies, This Drug (%)All Drugs %
pre-19901192 (45.15)18.7374
1990's516 (19.55)18.2507
2000's454 (17.20)29.6817
2010's335 (12.69)24.3611
2020's143 (5.42)2.80
[information is prepared from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Market Indicators

Research Demand Index: 105.92

According to the monthly volume, diversity, and competition of internet searches for this compound, as well the volume and growth of publications, there is estimated to be very strong demand-to-supply ratio for research on this compound.

MetricThis Compound (vs All)
Research Demand Index105.92 (24.57)
Research Supply Index8.00 (2.92)
Research Growth Index4.43 (4.65)
Search Engine Demand Index198.06 (26.88)
Search Engine Supply Index2.00 (0.95)

This Compound (105.92)

All Compounds (24.57)

Study Types

Publication TypeThis drug (%)All Drugs (%)
Trials20 (0.67%)5.53%
Reviews149 (5.02%)6.00%
Case Studies91 (3.07%)4.05%
Observational0 (0.00%)0.25%
Other2,707 (91.24%)84.16%
[information is prepared from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]